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An Arabic Musical and Socio-Cultural Glossary of Kitāb Al-Aghānī

An Arabic Musical and Socio-Cultural Glossary of Kitāb Al-Aghānī

Sawa, George Dimitri

Hardcover

General Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Music

ISBN10: 9004277501
ISBN13: 9789004277502
Publisher: Brill
Published: Apr 30 2015
Pages: 572
Weight: 2.20
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.40
Language: Arabic
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.


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