Coming soon. The Science of Music: Knowledge Production in Medieval Baghdad and Beyond

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Music and Mathematics in an Interconnected Web of Cosmic Relations
• 2. Learning the Science of Music in Medieval Baghdad
• 3. Al-Urmawi's Baghdad Before and After the Coming of the Mongols
• 4. al-Urmawi Goes to the Mustansiriyya: How to Learn the Science of Music
• 5. Note, Sharpness, and Heaviness
• 6. Ratio and Interval
• 7. Consonance and Dissonance
• Conclusions
• Epilogue
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Bibliography
• Index.