Kitab al-Aghani
Encyclopedia : K : KI : KIT : Kitab al-Aghani
Illustration from Kitab al-aghani (Book fof Songs), 1216-20, by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, a collection of songs by famous musicans and Arab poets.
Kitab al-Aghani (book of songs), is a collection of poems and songs with the stories of the composers and singers in many volumes from the oldest epoch of Arabic literature down to the 9th cent, written by the Arab scholar Abu al-Faraj Al-Isfahani. The poems were put to music, but the musical signs are no longer readable. Because of the accompanying biographical annotations on the authors and composers, the work is an important historical source. It contains a mass of information as to the life and customs of the early Arabs, and is the most valuable authority we have for their pre-Islamic and early Islamic days.
See also
References
- [Columbia Encyclopedia]
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.