The science of music : knowledge production in medieval Baghdad and beyond / Mohammad Sadegh Ansari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ansari, Mohammad Sadegh, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music theory--Iraq--History--500-1400.

Music theory.

Baghdad (Iraq)--Intellectual life.

Baghdad (Iraq).

Urmawī, ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1216-1294.

Urmawī, ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Yūsuf.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This book offers a detailed analysis of how the science of music was a part of a larger intellectual and sociocultural context in the medieval Islamic world. It is intended for scholars and students interested in the history of science and the intellectual history of the pre-modern Islamic world"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Music and Mathematics in an Interconnected Web of Cosmic Relations

Learning the Science of Music in Medieval Baghdad

Al-Urmawi's Baghdad Before and After the Coming of the Mongols

al-Urmawi Goes to the Mustansiriyya : How to Learn the Science of Music

Note, Sharpness, and Heaviness

Ratio and Interval

Consonance and Dissonance

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009502580 (electronic book)

9781009502573

1009502573

9781009502580

1009502581