{"product_id":"musical-and-socio-cultural-anecdotes-from-kitab-al-aghani-al-kabir-annotated-translations-and-commentaries-islamic-history-and-civilization-159","title":"Musical and Socio-Cultural Anecdotes from Kitāb al-Aghānī al-Kabīr: Annotated Translations and Commentaries (Islamic History and Civilization, 159)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Musical and Socio-Cultural Anecdotes from Kitāb al-Aghānī al-Kabīr: Annotated Translations and Commentaries (Islamic History and Civilization, 159) (Hardcover, 482 pages) – Brill, 2019. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n The present volume consists of translated anecdotes, on musicological and socio-cultural topics, from al-Iṣbahānī’s Kitāb al-Aghānī al-Kabīr (The Grand Book of Songs) with annotations and commentaries. It deals with musical rhythmic and melodic modes, technical terms and treatises; music instruments; composition techniques and processes; education and oral\/written transmissions; vocal and instrumental performances and their aesthetics; solo and ensemble music; change and its inevitability; musical and textual improvisations; ṭarab and the acute emotions of joy or grief; medieval dances; social status. Though extracts from The Grand Book of Songs have been translated in European languages since 1816, this work presents a much larger and more comprehensive scope that will benefit musicologists, medievalist and Middle Eastern scholars as well as the general reader.  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   Review   “Unquestionably, this is a volume covering a vast area: literature, history, biography, social comment, and of course information about music and its development. Sawa’s volume is a splendid work for the completion of which a combination of patience and erudition was obviously among its prerequisites, - the result being one of those tomes indispensable for students of Music, Ethnomusicology, and Sociology of Art.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - Stavros Nikolaidis in:Journal of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 29 (2020).\u003cbr\u003e “Wesentliches geleistet und ein wertvolles Referenzwerk geschaffen, welches dazu beiträgt, das kitāb al-aġānī auch für nicht arabistische Disziplinen zu erschließen und leichter zugänglich zu machen.“ \u003cbr\u003e - Anna Diltsch in  Institut für Orientalistik Wien , (2022).           About the Author   George Dimitri Sawa is an independent scholar with a PhD in Music and Middle East Studies, from the University of Toronto. He taught Middle Eastern Music History: medieval, modern and sacred music,\u003cbr\u003eat the University of Toronto (1987-1995) and York University (1982-1986, 1994, 2006-2007).                                           ","brand":"George Dimitri Sawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068553941226,"sku":"9789004383623","price":210.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/71W7vow1_yL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781168643","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/musical-and-socio-cultural-anecdotes-from-kitab-al-aghani-al-kabir-annotated-translations-and-commentaries-islamic-history-and-civilization-159","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}