Science of Music - Knowledge Production in Medieval Baghdad and Beyond

"This book offers a detailed analysis of how the science of music was a part of a larger intellectual and sociocultural context in the medieval Islamic world. It is intended for scholars and students interested in the history of science and the intellectual history of the pre-modern Islamic world"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Music and Mathematics in an Interconnected Web of Cosmic Relations; 2. Learning the Science of Music in Medieval Baghdad; 3. Al-Urmawi's Baghdad Before and After the Coming of the Mongols; 4. al-Urmawi Goes to the Mustansiriyya: How to Learn the Science of Music; 5. Note, Sharpness, and Heaviness; 6. Ratio and Interval; 7. Consonance and Dissonance; Conclusions; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Mohammad Sadegh Ansari is Assistant Professor of History of the Pre-Modern Islamic World at State University of New York, Geneseo. He has previously contributed articles to journals including the Journal of Abbasid Studies as well as the Journal Philological Encounters.

Summary

This book offers a detailed analysis of how the science of music was a part of a larger intellectual and sociocultural context in the medieval Islamic world. It is intended for scholars and students interested in the history of science and the intellectual history of the pre-modern Islamic world.

Product details

• Authors: Mohammad Sadegh Ansari, Mohammad Sadegh (State University of New Y Ansari, Mohammad Sadegh (State University of New York Ansari
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781009502542
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0950254-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 238 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Music, History: specific events & topics, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Middle East, History of Music, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Middle Eastern history, Iraq, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Baghdad, 14th century, c 1300 to c 1399, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, 9th century, c 800 to c 899, 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299