Mut'at al-asma' fi 'ilm al-sama' = The ears' pleasure and the science of listening to music / by Ahmad b. Yusuf Al-tifashi l-qafsi (580-651/1184-1253) ; [translated] by George Sawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf, -1253 or 1254, author.

Contributor:

Sawa, George, 1947- translator.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 206.

Islamic history and civilization, 0929-2403 ; volume 206

Standardized Title:

Mut'at al-asma' fi 'ilm al-sama'. English.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Performance--Islamic countries--History--500-1400.

Music.

Music theory--Islamic countries--History--500-1400.

Music theory.

Singing--Islamic countries--History--500-1400.

Singing.

Musical instruments--Islamic countries--History--500-1400.

Musical instruments.

Dance--Islamic countries--History--To 1500.

Dance.

Music--Performance.

Islamic countries.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xvii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Ears' pleasure and the science of listening to music

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"The manuscript from the thirteenth century deals with musicians' behaviour at the court; singers' qualities; the eminence of music and its effect on people and animals; the importance of drinking when listening to music; the process of composition; rhythmic and melodic modes, and repertoire in Andalusia, the Maghreb, Persia and the Middle East; Andalusian song lyrics and the appearance of new poetic forms such as the zajal and the muwashshaḥ; Andalusian musical instruments; dances of Egypt, Iraq, Syria, India and China; Andalusian dances and shadow plays and shadow dancers; aesthetics of dance; poems describing the dances"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Eminence of Listening to Music above All Else, and the Superiority of Melodies and the Wonderful Effects They Have on the Human Body

The Importance of Listening to Singing While Drinking and the Exclusive Usefulness of Listening While Drinking over Other Activities

When It Is Appropriate to Listen and Drink

The Order of Singing in a Drinking Majlis

The Poetical Qualities That Complete the Pleasure of the Listener When Added to Music

How the Strings Wondrously Affect the Four Humors That Make Up the Human Body

About the Divine Secret Causing the Effects of Melodies on the Souls of Humans and Animals

The Singer's Excellent Qualities

How to Listen to Singing in the Musical Majlis

The Singing Styles of People of Different Regions and the Repertoire of the People of the Maghrib

Andalusian Musical Laws : [The Composers and] Their Instruments

The Origin of the Old Singing and the Modes Used in All the Songs of the Arabs and the Persians in the Eastern and Western Empire

Mention of the Memorized Repertoire among the Common Singers in Our Era in the Eastern Empire and Their Poems

The Difference in Superiority between the Easy and Plain Singing with Few Cycles and Notes, and Its Opposite, the One with Heavier Cycles and Many Notes

Melodies That Resemble the Meanings and Suit the Poems

The Definition of Singing

The Origin of Arabic Singing, Its Source and Birth Place

Favoring Older Singing over the Modern

The Process of Composition

The Amount of Ṭarab That Affects the Person Knowledgeable in the Art of Singing

What Songs the Singer Should Start with at the Beginning of His Performance in the Majlis

The Necessary Conditions of the Excellent Singer and His Good Standing with Listeners

Good and Bad, Stated or Implied Song Themes

On the Proper Behavior to Praise Men and Women Singers

The Conditions Required to Be a Skilled Singer, and the Necessity of Combining Theoretical and Practical Knowledge

How to Choose Would-Be Singers (Girls and Boys) in order to Teach Them Singing

Which Singer Is Pleasant to Listen to

Singing and the Requirements of Dignified Hearing and Respectful Listening

The Relation between the Prosodic Meters and the Rhythmic Modes

Behavior in front of Kings and Their Subjects

The First to Invent and Devise Rhythm

The Rhythmic Modes (Ṭarīqa), Their Numbers, Their Basic (Aṣl) and Ornamented Forms (Far')

Which Particular Genuses of Modes Should Be Used in Which Types of Melodies

The Characteristics of the Urghānīn Copied from Ibn al-Ṭaḥḥān's Treatise

The Characteristics of the Rabāb from the Book of Ibn al-Ṭaḥḥān

The Characteristics of the Lute from the Rasā'il (Epistles) of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā'

The Resemblance of the Laws of Music to the Laws of Prosody

The Durations of the Attacks, the Durations of the Rhythmic Modes, Their Harmony and Disharmony That Are Called Being in Rhythm and off Rhythm

The Reason for Calling the 'Ūd the Barbaṭ; the First to Create It and Play It; the Reason for Bringing It into Existence; 'Ūd Strings and Their Relations with the Four Basic Elements and the Four Humors of the Human Being

The Rhythmic Modes

How Compactly Twisted Strings and Less Dense Strings Affect the Human Humors

At What Time Should the Singing Slave Girls Be Invited to Sing

Wonderful and Beautiful Poems about the Description of Singing, Singers [and Their Instruments]

Poems about Musical Instruments

Good Satires Mentioned about Mediocre Singers and Wind Players (Zamara)

Dance and Requirements the Dancer Must Fulfill to Be Free of Mistakes and Imperfections; Mention of Excellent Skills; Mention of the Types Used in Various Regions and Countries

Marvelous and Pure Poems Composed by Eastern and Western Poets about All Types of Dances and Shadow Dances

Appendix. the Qualities Required of Dancers according to al-Mas'ūdī

Notes:

esIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contains:

Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf, -1253 or 1254. Mut'at al-asma' fi 'ilm al-sama'. English

Other Format:

Online version: Tīfāshī, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf, -1253 or 1254. Mut'at al-asma' fi 'ilm al-sama'

ISBN:

9789004542778

9004542779

OCLC:

1411033393