How did the medieval Islamic intellectual tradition conceptualize, produce, and disseminate scientific knowledge? What can we learn about medieval Islamic civilizations from the way they examined and studied the universe? In answering these fundamental questions, Mohammad Sadegh Ansari provides a unique perspective for the study of both musicology and intellectual history.
Widely considered to be an art today, music in the medieval Islamic world was categorized as one of the four branches of the mathematical sciences, alongside arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy; indeed, some philosophers and scholars of music went as far as linking music with medicine and astrology as part of an interconnected web of cosmological knowledge. This innovative book raises fascinating questions about how designating music a 'science' rather than an 'art' impacts our understanding of truth and reconstructs a richly holistic medieval system of knowledge in the process.
| ISBN: | 9781009502559 |
| Publication date: | 26th November 2026 |
| Author: | Mohammad Sadegh Ansari |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 244 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
| Genres: |
Middle Eastern history History of ideas History of music |
How did the medieval Islamic intellectual tradition conceptualize, produce, and disseminate scientific knowledge? What can we learn about medieval Islamic civilizations from the way they examined and studied the universe?
The Science of Music features in the following genres: Middle Eastern history, History of ideas, History of music
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The Science of Music was written by Mohammad Sadegh Ansari and published by Cambridge University Press
The Science of Music has 244 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization series
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