Download or read book Choruses, Ancient and Modern written by Joshua Billings and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient singing and dancing chorus has exerted a powerful influence in the modern world. This is the first book to look systematically at the points of similarity and difference between ancient and modern choruses, across time and place, in their ancient contexts in modern theatre, opera, dance, musical theatre, and in political debate.