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Rhythmic Theories and Practices in Arabic and Persian Sources from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century : Annotated Translation and Commentary / George Dimitri Sawa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sawa, George Dimitri, author.
- Series:
- Islamic History and Civilization ; 227.
- Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- Islamic History and Civilization ; 227
- Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--History.
- Art.
- Middle East and Islamic Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Annotated Translation and Commentary
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book deals with rhythmic theories and practices in Arabic and Persian sources from the 10th to the 15th century. Sources prior to the 10th century are summarized as a basis for the theories that follow from the 10th to the 15th century. They include the works of Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ , Ibn Sīnā, Ibn Zayla, al-Kātib, Ibn al-Ṭaḥḥān, al-Tīfāshī, and the ground breaking works of al-Urmawī with his novel circular notation that survived up to the 20th century. They also include the works of al-Marāghī who invented many long rhythmic modes, and the works of al-Shirwānī, al-Lādh9qī and Awbahī. The work summarizes the definition of all the rhythmic modes in alphabetical listing.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A Summary of Rhythmic Mode Theories and Definitions (Eighth to Tenth Century)
- Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ
- Ibn Sīnā
- Ibn Zayla
- Al-Kātib
- Ibn al-Ṭaḥḥān
- Al-Baṭaliawsī
- Al-Tīfāshī
- Al-Urmawī
- Al-Urmawī's Al-Sharafiyya
- Al-Urmawī's The Commentary of Mawlānā Mubārak Shāh on Kitāb al-Adwār
- Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī
- Al-ʿUmarī
- Ibn Kurr
- Ḥasan Kāshānī
- Al-Marāghī's Commentary on the Adwār
- Al-Marāghī's Aims of Music
- Al-Marāghī's Encyclopedia of Music
- Al-Shirwānī
- Al-Lādhiqī
- Awbahī
- Summary of the Rhythmic Modes and Comparisons from Various Sources
- Alphabetical Listing of the Rhythmic Modes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-73397-3
- 9789004733978
- OCLC:
- 1559218019
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004733978 DOI
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