On Music: An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 5

On Music: An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 5 group work Wydawca: Oxford University Press Data wydania: 2011 ISBN: 9780199593989 Liczba stron: 408 Format: 167 x 243 x 27 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: 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.