Medieval Arab Music and Musicians - Three Translated Texts (Hardcover)

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 Ibrahim al-Mawsili from al-Isbahani's Kitab al-Aghani (10th c), the biography of the musician Ziryab from Ibn Hayyan's Kitab al-Muqtabis (11th c), and the earliest treatise on the muwashshah Andalusi song genre, Dar al-Tiraz, by the Egyptian scholar Ibn Sana' al-Mulk (13th c). Al-Mawsili, the most famous musician of his era, was also the teacher of the legendary Ziryab, 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 muwashshah and its possible relations to the Troubadours, the Cantigas de Santa Maria, and the Andalusi musical traditions of the modern Middle East.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, 44
Release date:	December 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Dwight Reynolds
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-50151-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Music > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-50151-7
Barcode:	9789004501515

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