#43.
Long before Toscanini or Furtwängler, Bernstein or Dudamel, there was Pherekydes of Patrae, known in ancient Greece as the ‘Giver of Rhythm’. The first reported use of a baton in a performance dates back to 709 BC, during which the leader, "Pherekydes of Patrae, giver of rhythm" had,"...stationed himself in the centre and had placed himself on a high seat, waving a golden staff, and the players on the flute and cythara were...placed in a circle around him...now when Pherekydes with his golden staff gave the signal, all the art-experienced men began in one and the same time...". Which art is being referred here?
Long before Toscanini or Furtwängler, Bernstein or Dudamel, there was Pherekydes of Patrae, known in ancient Greece as the ‘Giver of Rhythm’. The first reported use of a baton in a performance dates back to 709 BC, during which the leader, "Pherekydes of Patrae, giver of rhythm" had,"...stationed himself in the centre and had placed himself on a high seat, waving a golden staff, and the players on the flute and cythara were...placed in a circle around him...now when Pherekydes with his golden staff gave the signal, all the art-experienced men began in one and the same time...". Which art is being referred here?
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