Medieval Arab Music And Musicians

Author : Dwight Reynolds
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004501546

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Medieval Arab Music and Musicians offers complete, annotated English translations of three of the most important medieval Arabic texts on music and musicians: the biography of the musician Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī from al-Iṣbahānī’s Kitāb al-Aghānī (10th c), the biography of the musician Ziryāb from Ibn Ḥayyān’s Kitāb al-Muqtabis (11th c), and the earliest treatise on the muwashshaḥ Andalusi song genre, Dār al-Ṭirāz, by the Egyptian scholar Ibn Sanā’ al-Mulk (13th c). Al-Mawṣilī, the most famous musician of his era, was also the teacher of the legendary Ziryāb, who traveled from Baghdad to al-Andalus and is often said to have laid the foundations of Andalusi music. The third text is crucial to any understanding of the medieval muwashshaḥ and its possible relations to the Troubadours, the Cantigas de Santa María, and the Andalusi musical traditions of the modern Middle East.

Author : Dwight Reynolds
Publisher : Brill Studies in Middle Easter
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9004501517

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Medieval Arab Music and Musicians by Dwight Reynolds Pdf

"Medieval Arab Music and Musicians offers complete, annotated English translations of three of the most important medieval Arabic texts on music and musicians: the biography of the musician Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī from al-Iṣbahānī's Kitāb al-Aghānī (10th c), the biography of the musician Ziryāb from Ibn Ḥayyān's Kitāb al-Muqtabis (11th c), and the earliest treatise on the muwashshaḥ Andalusi song genre, Dār al-Ṭirāz, by the Egyptian scholar Ibn Sanā' al-Mulk (13th c). Al-Mawṣilī, the most famous musician of his era, was also the teacher of the legendary Ziryāb, who traveled from Baghdad to al-Andalus and is often said to have laid the foundations of Andalusi music. The third text is crucial to any understanding of the medieval muwashshaḥ and its possible relations to the Troubadours, the Cantigas de Santa María, and the Andalusi musical traditions of the modern Middle East"--

Author : Lisa Nielson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755617906

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Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate World by Lisa Nielson Pdf

During the early medieval Islamicate period (800–1400 CE), discourses concerned with music and musicians were wide-ranging and contentious, and expressed in works on music theory and philosophy as well as literature and poetry. But in spite of attempts by influential scholars and political leaders to limit or control musical expression, music and sound permeated all layers of the social structure. Lisa Nielson here presents a rich social history of music, musicianship and the role of musicians in the early Islamicate era. Focusing primarily on Damascus, Baghdad and Jerusalem, Lisa Nielson draws on a wide variety of textual sources written for and about musicians and their professional/private environments – including chronicles, literary sources, memoirs and musical treatises – as well as the disciplinary approaches of musicology to offer insights into musical performances and the lives of musicians. In the process, the book sheds light onto the dynamics of medieval Islamicate courts, as well as how slavery, gender, status and religion intersected with music in courtly life. It will appeal to scholars of the Islamicate world and historical musicologists.

Author : Fuad Matthew Caswell
Publisher : Matador
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08
Category : Identity (Psychology)
ISBN : 1780884990

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Three Master Musicians by Fuad Matthew Caswell Pdf

An interesting and readable book about the master musicians of the medieval Islamic world.Taking as its subject the world of medieval Islamic music, Three Master Musicians deals with the three men who led artistic life in Abbasid Baghdad in the 9th century. Two of these men were Ibrahim al-Mawsili and his son Ishaq who were musicians to caliphs and aristocrats and kept the equivalent of a latter day academy of music. The third man featured in Dr. Caswell's new book is Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi - a remarkable musician for his time. He was the son of a caliph and the uncle of several caliphs (and he himself held the caliphate of Baghdad for a brief spell being known as the Black Caliph due to his colour). Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi was a wonderful musician with a formidable vocal range who popularised singing and is said to have created the 'modern' mode of Arabic singing.Three Master Musicians is an in-depth look at the medieval music makers who changed Arabic music forever.

Author : Henry George Farmer
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015510485

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Historical Facts For The Arabian Musical Influence by Henry George Farmer Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Julian Ribera
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781446545577

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Music in Ancient Arabia and Spain by Julian Ribera Pdf

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Dwight Reynolds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000289527

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The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus by Dwight Reynolds Pdf

The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus is a critical account of the history of Andalusian music in Iberia from the Islamic conquest of 711 to the final expulsion of the Moriscos (Spanish Muslims converted to Christianity) in the early 17th century. This volume presents the documentation that has come down to us, accompanied by critical and detailed analyses of the sources written in Arabic, Old Catalan, Castilian, Hebrew, and Latin. It is also informed by research the author has conducted on modern Andalusian musical traditions in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria. While the cultural achievements of medieval Muslim Spain have been the topic of a large number of scholarly and popular publications in recent decades, what may arguably be its most enduring contribution – music – has been almost entirely neglected. The overarching purpose of this work is to elucidate as clearly as possible the many different types of musical interactions that took place in medieval Iberia and the complexity of the various borrowings, adaptations, hybridizations, and appropriations involved.

Author : A. J. Racy,Ali Jihad Racy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0521316855

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Making Music in the Arab World by A. J. Racy,Ali Jihad Racy Pdf

A.J. Racy, a scholar of ethnomusicology, provides an intimate portrayal of the Arab musical experience in this pioneering book. Racy focuses on tarab, a multifaceted concept that has no exact equivalent in English and refers to the indigenous music and the ecstasy associated with it. His book examines aspects of musical craft, including basic skills, musician's inspiration, love lyrics as tools of ecstasy, and the relationship between performers and listeners.

Author : Israel Katz
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004284142

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Henry George Farmer and the First International Congress of Arab Music (Cairo 1932) by Israel Katz Pdf

Musicologist Henry George Farmer (1882-1965) participated in the First International Congress of Arab Music in Cairo in 1932. His journal and minutes, which are presented in this book, reveal aspects and inner-workings of the Congress that have hitherto remained unknown.

Author : Henry George Farmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Arabs
ISBN : IND:30000060903360

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A History of Arabian Music to the XIIIth Century by Henry George Farmer Pdf

Author : Johnny Farraj,Sami Abu Shumays
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190658380

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Inside Arabic Music by Johnny Farraj,Sami Abu Shumays Pdf

What makes hundreds of listeners cheer ecstatically at the same instant during a live concert by Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum? What is the unspoken language behind a taqsim (traditional instrumental improvisation) that performers and listeners implicitly know? How can Arabic music be so rich and diverse without resorting to harmony? Why is it so challenging to transcribe Arabic music from a recording? Inside Arabic Music answers these and many other questions from the perspective of two "insiders" to the practice of Arabic music, by documenting a performance culture and a know-how that is largely passed on orally. Arabic music has spread across the globe, influencing music from Greece all the way to India in the mid-20th century through radio and musical cinema, and global popular culture through Raqs Sharqi, known as "Bellydance" in the West. Yet despite its popularity and influence, Arabic music, and the maqam scale system at its heart, remain widely misunderstood. Inside Arabic Music de-mystifies maqam with an approach that draws theory directly from practice, and presents theoretical insights that will be useful to practitioners, from the beginner to the expert - as well as those interested in the related Persian, Central Asian, and Turkish makam traditions. Inside Arabic Music's discussion of maqam and improvisation widens general understanding of music as well, by bringing in ideas from Saussurean linguistics, network theory, and Lakoff and Johnson's theory of cognition as metaphor, with an approach parallel to Gjerdingen's analysis of Galant-period music - offering a lens into the deeper relationships among music, culture, and human community.

Author : Amnon Shiloah
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000939231

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Music and its Virtues in Islamic and Judaic Writings by Amnon Shiloah Pdf

A fascinating aspect of the study of music in medieval Islamic and Judaic writings is the broad and interdisciplinary nature of the works and treatises in which it is covered. In addition, such works verbalize an art that was transmitted orally and took shape spontaneously, typically with improvisation during performance. As a result of this outlook the musical concept (or science) is often intertwined with practice (or history). This second collection by Amnon Shiloah brings together twenty-two studies exemplifying such multi-faceted viewpoints on the world of sounds and its virtue. The first studies concern the origin and originators of music and to how its essential constituents came into being; included here is the art of dance along with the controversial attitudes towards it. Next comes the symbolic, philosophical and metaphorical interpretation of music; one of the major ideas epitomizing this approach claimed that the pursuit of knowledge is the path to human perfection and happiness. There follow studies on the transmission of knowledge, along with some annotated key works dealing with therapeutic effects. The last articles focus on cultural traditions elaborated on European soil developing a particular style and musical practice, centred on the Iberian Peninsula, which was the scene of one of the most fascinating examples of cultural interchange.

Author : Jonathan Holt Shannon
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253017741

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Performing al-Andalus by Jonathan Holt Shannon Pdf

Performing al-Andalus explores three musical cultures that claim a connection to the music of medieval Iberia, the Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus, known for its complex mix of Arab, North African, Christian, and Jewish influences. Jonathan Holt Shannon shows that the idea of a shared Andalusian heritage animates performers and aficionados in modern-day Syria, Morocco, and Spain, but with varying and sometimes contradictory meanings in different social and political contexts. As he traces the movements of musicians, songs, histories, and memories circulating around the Mediterranean, he argues that attention to such flows offers new insights into the complexities of culture and the nuances of selfhood.

Author : Dwight F. Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521898072

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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Arab Culture by Dwight F. Reynolds Pdf

An accessible and wide-ranging survey of modern Arab culture covering political, intellectual and social aspects.

Author : Francisco Salvador-Daniel
Publisher : London : W. Reeves
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Music
ISBN : MINN:319510023402787

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The Music and Musical Instruments of the Arab by Francisco Salvador-Daniel Pdf