Music theory in Mamluk Cairo
Subtitle: The Gayat al-matlub fi 'ilm al-adwar wa-'l-durub by Ibn Kurr
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng; ara
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781409468813
Subjects: Music theory, history, 500-1400; Music, history and criticism, 500-1400; Mamelukes; Egypt, history
Description: "Ġāyat al-maṭlūb by Ibn Kurr is the only theoretical text of any substance that can be considered representative of musicological discourse in Cairo during the first half of the fourteenth century CE. Owen Wright provides the first modern edition of the text itself, together with a detailed glossary, prefaced by an introduction and a detailed commentary and analysis. The introduction provides immediate context, situating the work in relation to the dominant theoretical tradition of the period and providing biographical information about the author, active in Cairo during the first half of the fourteenth century."