Rhythmic Theories and Practices in Arabic and Persian Sources from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century

Annotated Translation and Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73394-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Persian, Band 227, 385 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

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 Ikhwan al-Safa', Ibn Sina, Ibn Zayla, al-Katib, Ibn al-Tahhan, al-Tifashi, and the ground breaking works of al-Urmawi with his novel circular notation that survived up to the 20th century. They also include the works of al-Maraghi who invented many long rhythmic modes, and the works of al-Shirwani, al-Ladh9qi and Awbahi. The work summarizes the definition of all the rhythmic modes in alphabetical listing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sawa, George Dimitri

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

George Dimitri Sawa, Ph.D. (1983), University of Toronto, independent scholar in Arabic music theory, performance and literature. He taught medieval, modern and sacred music at the University of Toronto and York and published eleven books and over seventy articles.