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Medieval Arab Music and Musicians
Three Translated Texts
Series: - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, Volume: 44
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Medieval Arab Music and Musicians offers complete, annotated English translations of three of the most important medieval Arabic texts on music and musicians: the biography of the musician IbrÄhÄ«m al-Mawá¹£ilÄ« from al-Iá¹£bahÄnÄ«âs KitÄb al-AghÄnÄ« (10th c), the biography of the musician ZiryÄb from Ibn ḤayyÄnâs KitÄb al-Muqtabis (11th c), and the earliest treatise on the muwashshaḥ Andalusi song genre, DÄr al-ṬirÄz, by the Egyptian scholar Ibn SanÄâ al-Mulk (13th c).
Al-Mawá¹£ilÄ«, the most famous musician of his era, was also the teacher of the legendary ZiryÄb, who traveled from Baghdad to al-Andalus and is often said to have laid the foundations of Andalusi music. The third text is crucial to any understanding of the medieval muwashshaḥ and its possible relations to the Troubadours, the Cantigas de Santa MarÃa, and the Andalusi musical traditions of the modern Middle East.
Al-Mawá¹£ilÄ«, the most famous musician of his era, was also the teacher of the legendary ZiryÄb, who traveled from Baghdad to al-Andalus and is often said to have laid the foundations of Andalusi music. The third text is crucial to any understanding of the medieval muwashshaḥ and its possible relations to the Troubadours, the Cantigas de Santa MarÃa, and the Andalusi musical traditions of the modern Middle East.
Dwight Reynolds, Ph.D. (1991), is professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has published monographs and articles on Arabic literature, folklore, and music including The Musical Heritage of al-Andalus (Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2020).
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Biography of IbrÄhÄ«m al-Mawá¹£ilÄ«
[KitÄb al-aghÄnÄ«, Vol. V â 1964 rpt. of DÄr al-Kutub Edition, pp. 154â258]
IbrÄhÄ«m al-Mawá¹£ilÄ«âs Genealogy and Various Anecdotes about Him
Introduction
The Biography of Ê¿AlÄ« ibn NÄfiÊ¿, Known as ZiryÄb
[Ibn HayyÄn, KitÄb al-muqtabis: al-Sifr al-ThÄnÄ« (al-RiyÄá¸: 2003), pp. 307â335]
On Singing: Information about ZiryÄb, the Greatest Singer of the Land of al-Andalus
Introduction
Contents of DÄr al-ṬirÄz fÄ« Ê¿Amal al-MuwashshaḥÄt
[The House of Brocade on the Composition of MuwashshaḥÄt]
The House of Brocade on the Composition of MuwashshaḥÄt
[DÄr al-á¹irÄz fÄ« Ê¿amal al-muwashshaḥÄt] by Ibn SanÄʾ al-Mulk (c. 1155â1212)
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
part 1: The Biography of IbrÄhÄ«m al-Mawá¹£ilÄ«
Introduction
The Biography of IbrÄhÄ«m al-Mawá¹£ilÄ«
[KitÄb al-aghÄnÄ«, Vol. V â 1964 rpt. of DÄr al-Kutub Edition, pp. 154â258]
IbrÄhÄ«m al-Mawá¹£ilÄ«âs Genealogy and Various Anecdotes about Him
part 2: The Biography of ZiryÄb
Introduction
The Biography of Ê¿AlÄ« ibn NÄfiÊ¿, Known as ZiryÄb
[Ibn HayyÄn, KitÄb al-muqtabis: al-Sifr al-ThÄnÄ« (al-RiyÄá¸: 2003), pp. 307â335]
On Singing: Information about ZiryÄb, the Greatest Singer of the Land of al-Andalus
part 3: Ibn SanÄʾ al-Mulkâs DÄr al-ṬirÄz
Introduction
Contents of DÄr al-ṬirÄz fÄ« Ê¿Amal al-MuwashshaḥÄt
[The House of Brocade on the Composition of MuwashshaḥÄt]
The House of Brocade on the Composition of MuwashshaḥÄt
[DÄr al-á¹irÄz fÄ« Ê¿amal al-muwashshaḥÄt] by Ibn SanÄʾ al-Mulk (c. 1155â1212)
Bibliography
Index
All readers interested in Early Music, medieval Muslim Spain (al-Andalus), the history of Arab music, Sephardic Jewish culture, Arabic poetry, especially the muwashshaḥ genre, and the culture of medieval Iberia.