Rhythmic Theories and Practices in Arabic and Persian Sources from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century: Annotated Translation and Commentary

The book deals with rhythmic theories and practices in Arabic and Persian sources from the 10th to the 15th century. Sources prior to the 10th century are summarized as a basis for the theories that follow from the 10th to the 15th century. They include the works of Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ, Ibn Sīnā, Ibn Zayla, al-Kātib, Ibn al-Ṭaḥḥān, al-Tīfāshī, and the ground breaking works of al-Urmawī with his novel circular notation that survived up to the 20th century. They also include the works of al-Marāghī who invented many long rhythmic modes, and the works of al-Shirwānī, al-Lādh9qī and Awbahī. The work summarizes the definition of all the rhythmic modes in alphabetical listing.