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Music theory in Mamluk Cairo : the gayat al-matlub fi 'ilm al-adwar wa-'l-durub by Ibn Kurr / Owen Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Owen, 1938- author.
- Series:
- SOAS musicology series.
- SOAS Musicology Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ibn Kurr, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá ibn Ḥasan, 1282-1362. Ghāyat al-maṭlūb.
- Ibn Kurr, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá ibn Ḥasan.
- Music--Egypt--Cairo--500-1400--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Music theory--History--500-1400--History and criticism.
- Music theory.
- Mamelukes--Early works to 1800.
- Mamelukes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (373 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The """"yat al-ma""l""b f"" 'ilm al-adw""r wa-'l-""ur""b by Ibn Kurr is the only theoretical text of any substance that can be considered representative of musicological discourse in Cairo during the first half of the fourteenth century CE. Indeed, nothing comparable survives from the whole Mamluk period, which extends from 1260 until the Ottoman invasion and conquest of Egypt in 1516. But its value does not derive merely from its fortuitous isolation: it is important, rather, because of the richness of the information it provides with regard to modal and rhythmic structures, and also because
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Prelude; 2 Introduction; 3 Rhythm; 4 Interlude: Performance Strategies and Formal Procedures; 5 Mode; 6 Comparisons; 7 Postlude; 8 Text and Edition; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; The ġāyat al-matḷūb fī 'ilm al-adwār wa-'l-dụrūb by Ibn Kurr
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Contains:
- Contains: Ibn Kurr, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá ibn Ḥasan, 1282-1362. Ghāyat al-maṭlūb.
- Contains: Ibn Kurr, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá ibn Ḥasan, 1282-1362. Ghāyat al-maṭlūb. English.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-59684-9
- 1-317-09180-9
- 1-4094-6882-8
- 9781315596846
- OCLC:
- 880575330
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