On Music

An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistle 5
Herausgeber: Wright, Owen / Übersetzer: Wright, Owen

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first critical edition of a fascinating medieval work on music, written in Iraq in the tenth century. It is accompanied by an English translation and full annotation. The Epistle examines not just the technical, scientific, and mathematical aspects of music, but its cosmic, psychological, and spiritual dimensions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 757g
• ISBN-13: 9780199593989
• ISBN-10: 0199593981
• Artikelnr.: 30882039

Autorenporträt

Owen Wright is Professor of the Musicology of the Middle East at SOAS, University of London. His research interests focus on the textual sources for the history of music in the Middle East.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Epistle 5: On Music
Bibliography
Index
Risãla 5 (Arabic Text and Variants)