Saturday, March 30, 2013

Al Farabi - The Grand Book On Music (spanish)


Illustration from Al-Fārābī (about 870-950): Kitāb al-mūsīqī al-kabīr. Drawing of the musical instrument Sharud.





There is no recent publishing of "Kitab al-musiqi al-kabir" in spanish. The present book was published in Barcelona, 1853.
Notes: Contains: (p. [5]-57) a translation by José Antonio Conde, edited by Soriano Fuertes, of portions of Alfārābī's Kitab al musika; (p. 58-68) an exposition of the 3d book of Saint Isidorus' Etymologiae, treating of the system of music employed by the Spaniards of his time; (p.[69]-133) "Apuntes... sobre la conexión que tienen con la música, la astronomía, la medicina y la arquitectura. Sacados de varios autores."

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