Difference between revisions of "Islamic expansion and Islamicate music"
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*** Professional class of musicians | *** Professional class of musicians | ||
** Accumulation of intellectual/artistic capital | ** Accumulation of intellectual/artistic capital | ||
| − | *** Bayt al-Hikma translation movement (Abbasids), including Greek treatises relating to music ( | + | *** Bayt al-Hikma translation movement (Abbasids), including Greek treatises relating to music: Aristoxenus (fl. 335 BC), Aristotle (384-322 A.C.), Euclid (fl. 300 BC), Ptolemy (90-128 CE), and Nikomachos of Gerasa (Jordan, fl 100 CE) |
| − | *** Music theory as philosophy (music as among the "mathematical sciences", with geometry, arithmetic, astronomy) | + | *** Music theory as philosophy (music as among the "mathematical sciences", forming the quadrivium, along with geometry, arithmetic, astronomy) |
*** Development of musical arts | *** Development of musical arts | ||
* Outward flow from center: cultural diffusion, as Islam provides political/cultural/linguistic/religious "lingua franca" | * Outward flow from center: cultural diffusion, as Islam provides political/cultural/linguistic/religious "lingua franca" | ||
* Fragmentation of Islamic empire in 10th c, corresponding fission in Islamicate forms, which nevertheless remained linked | * Fragmentation of Islamic empire in 10th c, corresponding fission in Islamicate forms, which nevertheless remained linked | ||
Revision as of 08:11, 30 January 2024
Islam as catalyst...
- Rapid expansion: powered by Islamic ideology, drive for wealth and control, and enabled by weakness of prevailing powers at the time (Sassanian and Byzantine)
- Inward flow towards center: assimilation, cultural fusion via openness to learning and multiculturalism (especially Persian arts and sciences)
- Accumulation of financial capital
- Opulent courts (Madina, Damascus, Baghdad, Cordoba, Granada, Istanbul, Delhi, Isfahan...)
- Development of leisure class
- Patronage of music and singing
- Professional class of musicians
- Accumulation of intellectual/artistic capital
- Bayt al-Hikma translation movement (Abbasids), including Greek treatises relating to music: Aristoxenus (fl. 335 BC), Aristotle (384-322 A.C.), Euclid (fl. 300 BC), Ptolemy (90-128 CE), and Nikomachos of Gerasa (Jordan, fl 100 CE)
- Music theory as philosophy (music as among the "mathematical sciences", forming the quadrivium, along with geometry, arithmetic, astronomy)
- Development of musical arts
- Accumulation of financial capital
- Outward flow from center: cultural diffusion, as Islam provides political/cultural/linguistic/religious "lingua franca"
- Fragmentation of Islamic empire in 10th c, corresponding fission in Islamicate forms, which nevertheless remained linked
