The influence of Greek music in the formation of the ideas of the school of Scholastic music in the Islamic world

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1 KHATAM University

2 IRAN University of Art

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In this article, the focus is on the musical texts translated from Greek to Arabic during the translation movement (8th-10th Centuries). Bibliographers such as Ibn al-Nadim, Al-Qifti and Ibn Abi Usaybi'a listed these sources and provided us with valuable information about them. This article starts off with reviewing Greek works written during the Hellenic era, demonstrating which Greek music school they belong to.  The next sections deal with the translation movement and the musical works translated into Arabic during the movement. Then the opinions of the Islamic music theorists on musical topics are reviewed to show to what extent they are influenced by the musical works. In the concluding section, documents are presented to illustrate how Greek music theory found its way into the Islamic world of music. In this research, many manuscripts were used as references that are normally kept in libraries or private collections.

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  • Receive Date: 27 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 27 November 2024

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