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I'm up to 950CE in my Arabic Music Theory bibliography & have over a dozen theorists & over 20 works listed.
Chap. 58 of "The History of Muslim Philosophy" has been useful, though a snapshot. But a good intro to get a sense of the breadth of the subject!
al-islam.org/history-muslim…
Chap. 58 of "The History of Muslim Philosophy" has been useful, though a snapshot. But a good intro to get a sense of the breadth of the subject!
al-islam.org/history-muslim…
So far the earliest Music Theorist in the bib. so far is Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd Ibn Misjaḥ (d. 97 AH|715 CE)--dying just before the Abbasid Caliphate so essentially right before the Islamic Golden Age.
Let's put this into a more inclusive view of Music Theory.
Let's put this into a more inclusive view of Music Theory.
In Armenia, the earliest examples of Khaz notation was created for use in the Armenian Orthodox church. So the beginnings of Armenian šarakan chants.
