Author
Sawa, George, 1947-
Publication Date
2015
Publication Place
Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] -
Brill
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
576
Library
University of Bielefeld Library
Record ID
991025813764306442
Date
2015
Notes
George Dimitri Sawa’s Arabic Musical and Socio-Cultural Glossary of Kitāb al-Aghānī is the first comprehensive lexicographical study of Umayyad and early Abbāsid-era music theory and practices. It defines melodic and rhythmic modes, musical forms, instruments, technical terms and metaphors used in evaluating compositions and performances, and the emotional effects of ṭarab. It explains the processes of composition and learning, performance practice, musical change and aesthetics, and addresses the behavior of court musicians to help understand societal views of music. Medieval dictionaries, reference works on Arabic literature, theoretical treatises as well as full quotations from the Aghānī are used. This glossary will be of interest to scholars and students of the music and socio-cultural history of the early Islamic era.
Baskı
1st ed.
ISBN
9789004279094
9004279091
ISSN
0929-2403 ;
Dizi başlığı
Islamic history and civilization ; ; Volume 110.
