A Review, Translation, and Analysis on Kitāb al- Nagham: Yahaya ibn alMunajjim’s Account on Isḥāq alMawșilī
The current article presents a review, translation, and analysis on the brief and invaluable Kitāb al-Nagham of Yhaya ibn alMunajjim - a scientist in third century - in which there is Isḥāq alMawșilī’s account on the "Old School of Qina". This School, which existed before translating Greek...
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| description | The current article presents a review, translation, and analysis on the brief and invaluable Kitāb al-Nagham of Yhaya ibn alMunajjim - a scientist in third century - in which there is Isḥāq alMawșilī’s account on the "Old School of Qina". This School, which existed before translating Greek books and is largely inspired by the pre-Islamic music, is much different, regarding the culture, from what alFarabi introduced. The core of this treatise is first to study the number the main notes and position them on the Oud and then explicating the notion of "Majrā" which was innovated by Isḥāq alMawșilī‘s analysis of the notation system indicates that the system is founded on ten notes which can develop into two Majrās: Binsir and Vustā consisting of eight and seven notes respectively. These two are different in at least two notes and have the other notes in common. The analysis also disproves what has been asserted so far and that Majrā is similar to mode and scale. The term “Imād” is introduced as the standard note to tune instruments accordingly. Terms such as “Saut” and “Tabaqa” which are used in the text have different meanings than what they denote today. The treatise also discusses the number and the purpose of oud’s strings. This treatise is one of the oldest works in theoretical music which has adopted an analytical approach and at the same time is similar to the practical tradition of music. This current article includes a translation of the original text in Persian, based on which a text-oriented analysis and an explication of alMunajjim’s ideas along with criticism of older accounts are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d54ffab42be64f7581a8c25a0fb59b6f2025-01-08T05:39:05ZfasInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (IHCS)پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی2383-16502022-05-0122329532010.30465/crtls.2021.34933.21637874A Review, Translation, and Analysis on Kitāb al- Nagham: Yahaya ibn alMunajjim’s Account on Isḥāq alMawșilīEhsan Zabihifar0Seyed Shahin Mohseni1Faculty Member at Faculty of Music, University of Art, Tehran, IranPhD Student in Philosophy, Lecturer at Faculty of Music, University of Art, Tehran, IranThe current article presents a review, translation, and analysis on the brief and invaluable Kitāb al-Nagham of Yhaya ibn alMunajjim - a scientist in third century - in which there is Isḥāq alMawșilī’s account on the "Old School of Qina". This School, which existed before translating Greek books and is largely inspired by the pre-Islamic music, is much different, regarding the culture, from what alFarabi introduced. The core of this treatise is first to study the number the main notes and position them on the Oud and then explicating the notion of "Majrā" which was innovated by Isḥāq alMawșilī‘s analysis of the notation system indicates that the system is founded on ten notes which can develop into two Majrās: Binsir and Vustā consisting of eight and seven notes respectively. These two are different in at least two notes and have the other notes in common. The analysis also disproves what has been asserted so far and that Majrā is similar to mode and scale. The term “Imād” is introduced as the standard note to tune instruments accordingly. Terms such as “Saut” and “Tabaqa” which are used in the text have different meanings than what they denote today. The treatise also discusses the number and the purpose of oud’s strings. This treatise is one of the oldest works in theoretical music which has adopted an analytical approach and at the same time is similar to the practical tradition of music. This current article includes a translation of the original text in Persian, based on which a text-oriented analysis and an explication of alMunajjim’s ideas along with criticism of older accounts are presented.https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_7874_6697fb5d1c35c6898a73af27288c1cb2.pdfancient musickitāb al-naghammusicologypersian musicmusic history |
| spellingShingle | Ehsan Zabihifar Seyed Shahin Mohseni A Review, Translation, and Analysis on Kitāb al- Nagham: Yahaya ibn alMunajjim’s Account on Isḥāq alMawșilī پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی ancient music kitāb al-nagham musicology persian music music history |
| title | A Review, Translation, and Analysis on Kitāb al- Nagham: Yahaya ibn alMunajjim’s
Account on Isḥāq alMawșilī |
| title_full | A Review, Translation, and Analysis on Kitāb al- Nagham: Yahaya ibn alMunajjim’s
Account on Isḥāq alMawșilī |
| title_fullStr | A Review, Translation, and Analysis on Kitāb al- Nagham: Yahaya ibn alMunajjim’s
Account on Isḥāq alMawșilī |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review, Translation, and Analysis on Kitāb al- Nagham: Yahaya ibn alMunajjim’s
Account on Isḥāq alMawșilī |
| title_short | A Review, Translation, and Analysis on Kitāb al- Nagham: Yahaya ibn alMunajjim’s
Account on Isḥāq alMawșilī |
| title_sort | review translation and analysis on kitab al nagham yahaya ibn almunajjim s account on ishaq almawsili |
| topic | ancient music kitāb al-nagham musicology persian music music history |
| url | https://criticalstudy.ihcs.ac.ir/article_7874_6697fb5d1c35c6898a73af27288c1cb2.pdf |
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