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The Origin of Language and its Link with Music according to the Theory of Jābir ibn Ḣayyān

The Origin of Language and its Link with Music according to the Theory of Jābir ibn Ḣayyān Jābir ibn Ḣayyān took advantage of the vast translation enterprise of Greek scientific works into Arabic. He quotes from these sources, including several whose Greek originals are lost. His works can be likened to the encyclopedia of Ikhwān al-Ṡafā’, the most important transmission of Pythagorean tradition. In this Epistle on Music the Ikhwān followed Jābir's method, and perhaps were influenced by him, in analysing the relationship between language and music, together with the arithmetical speculations that were widely influential. In this article, I have attempted to collect Jābir's scattered ideas on the origin of language and music trying to assemble the major ones in a coherent exposition. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

The Origin of Language and its Link with Music according to the Theory of Jābir ibn Ḣayyān

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The Origin of Language and its Link with Music according to the Theory of Jābir ibn Ḣayyān

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Jābir ibn Ḣayyān took advantage of the vast translation enterprise of Greek scientific works into Arabic. He quotes from these sources, including several whose Greek originals are lost. His works can be likened to the encyclopedia of Ikhwān al-Ṡafā’, the most important transmission of Pythagorean tradition. In this Epistle on Music the Ikhwān followed Jābir's method, and perhaps were influenced by him, in analysing the relationship between...
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Abstract

Jābir ibn Ḣayyān took advantage of the vast translation enterprise of Greek scientific works into Arabic. He quotes from these sources, including several whose Greek originals are lost. His works can be likened to the encyclopedia of Ikhwān al-Ṡafā’, the most important transmission of Pythagorean tradition. In this Epistle on Music the Ikhwān followed Jābir's method, and perhaps were influenced by him, in analysing the relationship between language and music, together with the arithmetical speculations that were widely influential. In this article, I have attempted to collect Jābir's scattered ideas on the origin of language and music trying to assemble the major ones in a coherent exposition.

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Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean – Taylor & Francis

Published: Aug 1, 2009

Keywords: A⋅ābi (melodic modes); Balance theory ( mīzān ); Harmony of numbers; Ḣunayn ibn Isḣāq; Ikhwān al-Ṡafā’; Naghma (note and beat); Pythagorean doctrine; Ṡawt; Ta⋅wīt; Sonorous letters; Ṫarīqa (mode)

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