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"Music of the Islamic world" depends on meaning of "Islamic world"...and what kind of world is that?
  
 
# Music of Muslims? (Muslim world) (objective but incoherent)
 
# Music of Muslims? (Muslim world) (objective but incoherent)
 
# Music of Islamic urban cultural centers during period of ascendency? (Islamicate world) (somewhat coherent, somewhat objective)
 
# Music of Islamic urban cultural centers during period of ascendency? (Islamicate world) (somewhat coherent, somewhat objective)
# Music (sound) of Islamic ritual practice? (coherent, objective, but limited)
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# Music (sound) of Islamic ritual practice? (Islamic ritual world)(coherent, objective, but limited)
# Music expressing Islamic spiritual ethos? (coherent, subjective)
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# Music expressing Islamic spiritual ethos? (Islamic spiritual world)(coherent, subjective)
  
 
We'll examine two possible meanings and their interrelation:
 
We'll examine two possible meanings and their interrelation:
  
# Sound of Islamic ritual practices
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# Sound of Islamic ritual practices (Islamic ritual world)
# Islamicate music
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# Islamicate music (Islamicate world)

Latest revision as of 23:37, 7 January 2024

"Music of the Islamic world" depends on meaning of "Islamic world"...and what kind of world is that?

  1. Music of Muslims? (Muslim world) (objective but incoherent)
  2. Music of Islamic urban cultural centers during period of ascendency? (Islamicate world) (somewhat coherent, somewhat objective)
  3. Music (sound) of Islamic ritual practice? (Islamic ritual world)(coherent, objective, but limited)
  4. Music expressing Islamic spiritual ethos? (Islamic spiritual world)(coherent, subjective)

We'll examine two possible meanings and their interrelation:

  1. Sound of Islamic ritual practices (Islamic ritual world)
  2. Islamicate music (Islamicate world)