O Wright
Biographic Data
| ID | 671984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | O Wright |
| FAMILY NAME | O Wright |
| SIGNATURE | WRIGHT O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Al-Kindī's braid
An attempt is made here to evaluate the various versions that have been put forward for the more complex abstract melodic structures outlined by the Arab philosopher and music theorist al-Kindī (d. c. 874); to propose new interpretations in the context of a re-examination of the source text; and to locate their origin and meaning less within the general mathematical orientation of theory than in the elaboration of a descriptive metaphor
Abd al-Qādir al-Marāghī and ‘Alī b. Muḥammad Binā'ī
Given the dependence on aural transmission in the pre-modern musical traditions of the Islamic Middle East it is not at all surprising to find that compositions were hardly ever notated. If there is a typical method of recording the repertoire it is to be identified, rather, in the song-text anthology, which may provide quite detailed indications of formal structure but contains no melodic specification beyond identifying the principal mode of th…
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Abd al-Qādir al-Marāghī and ‘Alī b. Muḥammad Binā'ī
Given the dependence on aural transmission in the pre-modern musical traditions of the Islamic Middle East it is not at all surprising to find that compositions were hardly ever notated. If there is a typical method of recording the repertoire it is to be identified, rather, in the song-text anthology, which may provide quite detailed indications of formal structure but contains no melodic specification beyond identifying the principal mode of th…
Al-Kindī's braid
An attempt is made here to evaluate the various versions that have been put forward for the more complex abstract melodic structures outlined by the Arab philosopher and music theorist al-Kindī (d. c. 874); to propose new interpretations in the context of a re-examination of the source text; and to locate their origin and meaning less within the general mathematical orientation of theory than in the elaboration of a descriptive metaphor
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