IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1127: Music across the Mediterranean - From Persia to Al-Andalus, II: The Music of Islam between Language, Rapture, and the Divine
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Mediterranean Studies, University of Leeds / Society for the Medieval Mediterranean |
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Organiser: | Gerald Crowson, Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, Norwich |
Moderator/Chair: | Richard Rastall, School of Music, University of Leeds |
Paper 1127-a | The Origin of Language and its Link with Music according to the Theory of Jabir ibn Hayyan (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Music |
Paper 1127-b | Musical Instruments as Objects of Medieval Arabic 'Descriptive' Poetry (Language: English) |
Paper 1127-c | Music and Mysticism: A Turkish Perspective (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Music |
Paper 1127-d | The Origin and Formation of Gnawa Spiritual Music (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Music |
Abstract | This session will show the links between language and music according to theories of the early Arabic alchemists, and will demonstrate the power of language and the music of Islam to produce strong emotions in the human mind. Abstract paper -b: Descriptive poetry (waṣf) is one of the most creative genres in medieval Arabic poetry. The poems take as their objects a variety of themes from both nature and urban life. The 'descriptions' go far beyond the enumeration of the physical qualities of the objects described. They provide an opportunity for the poet to reflect on the nature of the objects described in a way that transcends the ordinary and the apparent. |