George dimitri sawa (73 risultati)

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Condizione: New. KlappentextThe book deals with musicians behaviour at the court the process of composition modes, repertoire and instruments in Andalusia, the Maghreb, Persia and the Middle East new poetic forms: zajal and muwashsha&#7717.

Paperback. Condizione: VERY GOOD. xvi, 251pp. Printed soft covers. Gently toned with laminate separating from head of back cover. Clean and unmarked copy.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The manuscript from the thirteenth century deals with musicians' behaviour at the court; singers'qualities; the eminence of music and its effect on people and animals; the importance of drinking when listening to music; the process of composition; rhythmic and melodic modes, and repertoire in Andalusia, the Maghreb, Persia and the Middle East; Andalusian song lyrics and the appearance of new poetic forms such as the zajal and the muwashsha?; Andalusian musical instruments; dances of Egypt, Iraq, Syria, India and China; Andalusian dances and shadow plays and shadow dancers; aesthetics of dance; poems describing the dances.…

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Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorGeorge Dimitri Sawa, Ph.D. (1983, University of Toronto) is an independent researcher concentrating on medieval Arabic music theory and literature. He was trained in Egypt in qanun and classical Arabic music, and in To.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorGeorge Dimitri Sawa is an independent scholar with a PhD in Music and Middle East Studies, from the University of Toronto. He taught Middle Eastern Music History: medieval, modern and sacred music, at the U.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - ?awi l-Funun (Encompasser of the Arts) of Ibn al-?a??an (d. ca. 1057) is a medieval Arabic music dictionary that complements other sources because of the practical knowledge of the author who was an accomplished singer, lutenist and composer. The first part in 80 chapters deals with compositions; voice production and characteristics, unison and duet singing, taking care of the voice; preludes, ornaments, ?arab; the importance of tonality; approaches to teaching; musical and extra-musical behavior at the court; names of Syrian Fatimid and Ishshidid singers. The second part in 22 chapters includes lute manufacturing, frets placement, stringing and tuning; 47 rhythmic ornaments, names and definitions of rhythmic and melodic modes; types of dances; descriptions of 12 instruments.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The present volume consists of translated anecdotes, on musicological and socio-cultural topics, from al-I?bahani's Kitab al-Aghani al-Kabir (The Grand Book of Songs) with annotations and commentaries. It deals with musical rhythmic and melodic modes, technical terms and treatises; music instruments; composition techniques and processes; education and oral/written transmissions; vocal and instrumental performances and their aesthetics; solo and ensemble music; change and its inevitability; musical and textual improvisations; ?arab and the acute emotions of joy or grief; medieval dances; social status. Though extracts from The Grand Book of Songs have been translated in European languages since 1816, this work presents a much larger and more comprehensive scope that will benefit musicologists, medievalist and Middle Eastern scholars as well as the general reader.…

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Hardback. Condizione: New. The present volume is a double edition in English and Arabic about the art of ornamentations in the performance of the Arabic qanun (psaltery), and a historical document spanning more than one hundred years. It is based on George Sawa's experience as an artist and performer, as well as the experience of his teachers and their teachers. For the latter, Dr Sawa used his recollections of what his teachers said about their teachers, as well as recordings made by European companies that recorded their works on 78 rpm at the beginning of the 20th century. .…

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