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Musical and Socio-Cultural Anecdotes from Kitāb al-Aghānī al-Kabīr

Musical and Socio-Cultural Anecdotes from Kitāb al-Aghānī al-Kabīr PDF Author: George Dimitri Sawa
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004383654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481

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Book Description
The present volume consists of translated anecdotes, on musicological and socio-cultural topics, from al-Iṣbahānī’s Kitāb al-Aghānī al-Kabīr (The Grand Book of Songs) with annotations and commentaries. It deals with musical rhythmic and melodic modes, technical terms and treatises; music instruments; composition techniques and processes; education and oral/written transmissions; vocal and instrumental performances and their aesthetics; solo and ensemble music; change and its inevitability; musical and textual improvisations; ṭarab and the acute emotions of joy or grief; medieval dances; social status. Though extracts from The Grand Book of Songs have been translated in European languages since 1816, this work presents a much larger and more comprehensive scope that will benefit musicologists, medievalist and Middle Eastern scholars as well as the general reader.