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Title Details:
MUSIC IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Other Titles: SOURCES, PERSPECTIVES, PRACTICES
Authors: Poulos, Panagiotis
Reviewer: Kallimopoulou, Eleni
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > SPECIALIZED HISTORIES > CULTURAL HISTORY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > HISTORY OF COUNTRIES > EUROPE, MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > SPECIALIZED HISTORIES > HISTORY OF ART
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PERFORMING ARTS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PERFORMING ARTS > MUSIC
Keywords:
Islam
Middle East
History And Culture
History Of Music
Ethnomusicology
History Of Art
Description:
Abstract:
This book is an introductory handbook to the historical and ethnomusicological study of the musical traditions of the Islamic world. The aim of the book is to introduce its readers to the role and status of music in societies where Islam has historically been the predominant religion. The book is structured around three basic themes: Sources, Perspectives, Practices. Among the topics that are being explored is the relation between music, religion and ritual, the ways music is transmitted, musical orality and literacy, philosophical approaches to music and its conception as science and as art, its performative nature etc. Music is approached in relation to other forms of art (literature, iconography, architecture etc.) and to the various fields in which creativity is expressed in the Islamic world. Overall, the book aims to to contribute to a deeper and broader understanding of Islamic culture.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1
Introduction – Islamic world and music
Chapter 2
Sources – Memory and oral transmission
Chapter 3
Sources – Musicians’ biographies, song-text collections and music notation systems
Chapter 4
Sources – Material culture, sound and music
Chapter 5
Perspectives – Philosophy, science and music
Chapter 6
Perspectives – Music theory and practice
Chapter 7
Practices – Forms and institutions of music patronage: Court, conservatory and radio
Chapter 8
Practices – Music performance and ritual
Index of technical terms
Linguistic Editors: Kioseoglou, Nerina
Technical Editors: Loukeri, Sofia
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
ISBN 978-960-603-442-8
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr
Spatial Coverage: Middle East, Turkey, Islamic world
Temporal Coverage: 7th - 20th c.
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/4407
Bibliographic Reference: Poulos, P. (2015). MUSIC IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/4407
Language: Greek
Consists of: 1. Sources – Memory and oral transmission
2. Sources – Musicians’ biographies, song-text collections and music notation systems
3. Perspectives – Philosophy, science and music
4. Perspectives – Music theory and practice
5. Practices – Forms and institutions of music patronage: Court, conservatory and radio
6. Practices – Music performance and ritual Index of technical terms
7. Sources – Material culture, sound and music
8. Introduction – Islamic world and music
Number of pages 163
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions