During the early medieval Islamicate period (800–1400 CE),
discourses concerned with music and musicians were wide-ranging and
contentious, and expressed in works on music theory and philosophy as
well as literature and poetry. But in spite of attempts by influential
scholars and political leaders to limit or control musical expression,
music and sound permeated all layers of the social structure.
Lisa Nielson here presents a rich social history of music, musicianship
and the role of musicians in the early Islamicate era. Focusing
primarily on Damascus, Baghdad and Jerusalem, Lisa Nielson draws on a
wide variety of textual sources written for and about musicians and
their professional/private environments – including chronicles, literary
sources, memoirs and musical treatises – as well as the disciplinary
approaches of musicology to offer insights into musical performances and
the lives of musicians. In the process, the book sheds light onto the
dynamics of medieval Islamicate courts, as well as how slavery, gender,
status and religion intersected with music in courtly life. It will
appeal to scholars of the Islamicate world and historical musicologists.
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