The Science of Music

Auteur

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.

Texte du rabat

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.

Contenu

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.