The Music And Musical Instruments of the Arabs, With Introduction On How to Appreciate Arab Music;
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By Henry George Farmer. •4 Eastern Kemendjah Player. T,i /ace parje 160. Notes on Arab Music and Musical Instruments. By Henry George Farmer. 1. SCIENCE OF ABAB MUSIC. |INCE the downfall of Arab polity and civilisation in Spain, the Arabs (at least those of Mauretania) seem to have lost the science of their music* Shaw, in his "Travels in Barbary" (1757) says the Arabs and Moors do not write down their composi- tions, and have no science of music, every- thing being learned by ear, yet, he says..., "the greatest uniformity and exactness is always pre- served throughout their performances." *»- * In Persia, however, in the eighteenth century, a traveller speaking of native musicians said, "they learn by rule and play by note." — Pinkerton's " Collection of Voy- ages," etc. 169 170 Notes on Arab Music. s 1 Niebuhr ("Travels in Arabia," i^Qo) says they \ "use no notes but sing by ear." Addison ("West ( Barbary," 1671) says he was told th.3X formerly every ! mosque had a layman who " understood the cadences ' of the Alcoran" and could chant it in its original J metre.
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