Rhythmic theories and practices in Arabic writings to 339 AH/950 CE : annotated translations and commentaries /

Rhythmic theories and practices in Arabic writings to 339 AH/950 CE : annotated translations and commentaries /

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Author / Creator:	Sawa, George, 1947-
Imprint:	Ottawa : Institute of Medieval Music, c2009.
Description:	xiv, 639 p. : music ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen = Musicological studies ; Bd. 93 = vol. XCIII Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen (Institute of Mediaeval Music) ; Bd. 93.
Subject:	Arabs -- Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism. Music theory. Musical meter and rhythm. Musical meter and rhythm. Music -- 500-1400. Arab countries -- Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism. Arab countries. Early works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7895204

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Other uniform titles:	Ibn al-Nadīm al-Mawṣilī, Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, 771 or 772-849 or 850. Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī, 897 or 898-967. Kitāb al-Taʻrīfāt. Selections. Ibn Khurradādhbih, ʻUbayd Allāh ibn ʻAbd Allāh, approximately 820-approximately 912. Selections. Baṭalyawsī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 1052 or 1053-1127. Kindī, -approximately 873. Works. Selections Fārābī. Kitāb al-mūsīqā al-kabīr. Selections.
ISBN:	1896926983 9781896926988
Notes:	Includes Arabic-English, English-Arabic, and Greek-Arabic-English glossaries. Includes bibliography (p. 582-593) and index.
Summary:	"The present work is an English translation and commentary on the Arabic treatises on rhythms from the early Islamic era to the middle of the fourth century AH/tenth century CE"--Preface.

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Summary:	"The present work is an English translation and commentary on the Arabic treatises on rhythms from the early Islamic era to the middle of the fourth century AH/tenth century CE"--Preface.
Item Description:	Includes Arabic-English, English-Arabic, and Greek-Arabic-English glossaries.
Physical Description:	xiv, 639 p. : music ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliography (p. 582-593) and index.
ISBN:	1896926983 9781896926988