Mutʿat Al-asmāʿ Fī ʿilm Al-samāʿ, The Ears’ Pleasure and the Science of Listening to Music by Aḥmad B. Yūsuf Al-Tīfāshī Al-Qafṣī (580-651/1184-1253)

• Author(s): George Sawa,
• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 244
• ISBN_10: 9004542787
  ISBN_13: 9789004542785
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Asia / General , History / Middle East / General , Music / Instruction & Study / Composition , Music / Instruction & Study / Theory , Performing Arts / General , Performing Arts / Dance / General ,

Description:... The manuscript from the thirteenth century deals with musicians’ behaviour at the court; singers'qualities; the eminence of music and its effect on people and animals; the importance of drinking when listening to music; the process of composition; rhythmic and melodic modes, and repertoire in Andalusia, the Maghreb, Persia and the Middle East; Andalusian song lyrics and the appearance of new poetic forms such as the zajal and the muwashshaḥ; Andalusian musical instruments; dances of Egypt, Iraq, Syria, India and China; Andalusian dances and shadow plays and shadow dancers; aesthetics of dance; poems describing the dances.