The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Dwight Reynolds
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-30 - Publisher: Routledge

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The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus is a critical account of the history of Andalusian music in Iberia from the Islamic conquest of 711 to the final expulsion of
Performing al-Andalus
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Jonathan Holt Shannon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-28 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Performing al-Andalus explores three musical cultures that claim a connection to the music of medieval Iberia, the Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus, known for its
The Literature of Al-Andalus
Language: en
Pages: 521
Authors: María Rosa Menocal
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-11-02 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The Literature of Al-Andalus is an exploration of the culture of Iberia, present-day Spain and Portugal, during the period when it was an Islamic, mostly Arabic
The Lost Paradise
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Jonathan Glasser
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-08 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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For more than a century, urban North Africans have sought to protect and revive Andalusi music, a prestigious Arabic-language performance tradition said to orig
The Ornament of the World
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Maria Rosa Menocal
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-29 - Publisher: Back Bay Books

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This classic bestseller — the inspiration for the PBS series — is an "illuminating and even inspiring" portrait of medieval Spain that explores the golden a