mousike

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"hearers", after which preparation they were introduced to what was then current among the Greeks as mousike paideia, "musical education", consisting of reading, writing, lessons from the poets, exercises in memorizing, and the technique of music.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913