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Making the Great Book of Songs: Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî's Kitâb al-aghânî / Edition 1

Making the Great Book of Songs: Compilation and the Author's Craft in Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî's Kitâb al-aghânî / Edition 1 in Bloomington, MN
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This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century
Kitâb al-aghânî
(
The Book of Songs
) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî. Until now the twenty-four volume
Book of Songs
has been regarded as a rather chaotic but priceless mine of information about classical Arabic music, literature and culture. This book approaches it as a work of literature in its own right, with its own internal logic and coherence. The study also consistently integrates the musical component into the analysis and proposes a reading of the work in which individual anecdotes and poems are related to the wider context, enhancing their meaning.
Kitâb al-aghânî
(
The Book of Songs
) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî. Until now the twenty-four volume
Book of Songs
has been regarded as a rather chaotic but priceless mine of information about classical Arabic music, literature and culture. This book approaches it as a work of literature in its own right, with its own internal logic and coherence. The study also consistently integrates the musical component into the analysis and proposes a reading of the work in which individual anecdotes and poems are related to the wider context, enhancing their meaning.