Medieval Arab Music and Musicians: Three Translated Texts

Author:   Dwight Reynolds
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   44
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9789004501515


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   17 December 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Medieval Arab Music and Musicians offers complete, annotated English translations of three of the most important medieval Arabic texts on music and musicians: the biography of the musician Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī from al-Iṣbahānī’s Kitāb al-Aghānī (10th c), the biography of the musician Ziryāb from Ibn Ḥayyān’s Kitāb al-Muqtabis (11th c), and the earliest treatise on the muwashshaḥ Andalusi song genre, Dār al-Ṭirāz, by the Egyptian scholar Ibn Sanā’ al-Mulk (13th c). Al-Mawṣilī, the most famous musician of his era, was also the teacher of the legendary Ziryāb, who traveled from Baghdad to al-Andalus and is often said to have laid the foundations of Andalusi music. The third text is crucial to any understanding of the medieval muwashshaḥ and its possible relations to the Troubadours, the Cantigas de Santa María, and the Andalusi musical traditions of the modern Middle East.

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Author:   Dwight Reynolds
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   44
Weight:   0.495kg
ISBN:  

9789004501515


ISBN 10:   9004501517
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   17 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Preface Acknowledgements part 1: The Biography of Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī Introduction The Biography of Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī [Kitāb al-aghānī, Vol. V – 1964 rpt. of Dār al-Kutub Edition, pp. 154–258] Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī’s Genealogy and Various Anecdotes about Him part 2: The Biography of Ziryāb Introduction The Biography of ʿAlī ibn Nāfiʿ, Known as Ziryāb [Ibn Hayyān, Kitāb al-muqtabis: al-Sifr al-Thānī (al-Riyāḍ: 2003), pp. 307–335] On Singing: Information about Ziryāb, the Greatest Singer of the Land of al-Andalus part 3: Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk’s Dār al-Ṭirāz Introduction Contents of Dār al-Ṭirāz fī ʿAmal al-Muwashshaḥāt [The House of Brocade on the Composition of Muwashshaḥāt] The House of Brocade on the Composition of Muwashshaḥāt [Dār al-ṭirāz fī ʿamal al-muwashshaḥāt] by Ibn Sanāʾ al-Mulk (c. 1155–1212) Bibliography Index

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Dwight Reynolds, Ph.D. (1991), is professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has published monographs and articles on Arabic literature, folklore, and music including The Musical Heritage of al-Andalus (Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2020).

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