Music and its virtues in Islamic and Judaic writings
By: Amnon Shiloah.
Contributors: Shiloah, Amnon.
Series: Variorum collected studies series -- 875
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754659181
Subjects: Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- History -- 500-1400; Islamic music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism; Jews -- Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ).

Text in English or French.
Table of contents: title: Theories of origins; title: The symbolic, philosophical and metaphorical interpretation of music; title: The transmission of musical knowledge; title: The ideological attitude towards music; title: Music in contact.