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Journal of the American Oriental Society (Volume 1, No. 3)

Journal of the American Oriental Society (Volume 1, No. 3)

Society, American Oriental

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1234953234
ISBN13: 9781234953232
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.12 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1847. Excerpt: ... TREATISE. INTRODUCTION. [by Tho Translator, .] The investigations which have led to the compilation of the following article, were not entered into in consequence of a knowledge of the science of music, or of any particular taste for it, for I can lay no claim to either; hut in consequence of the necessities of my calling. The mission with which I am connected, has not yet succeeded in introducing singing into Arabic worship. The obstacles which have prevented, are two; one, the peculiarities of Arabic versification, the other, the equally strong peculiarities of Arab music. The former is such, that a hymn composed according to Arabic rules of prosody, would, in very few cases, if any, be adapted to our tunes; and one composed according to our rules, would be still less adapted to Arab taste. This point, or rather the whole science of Arabic versification, has been thoroughly studied by my colleague in missionary labors, the Rev. C. V. A. Van Dyck, and I hope some early number of the Society's Journal may be enriched by an article, which he has already prepared on that subject. The obstacles arising from the peculiarities of Arab music are such, that, not only do we find the singing of the Arabs no music to us, but our musicians have found it very difficult, often impossible, to detect the nature of their intervals, or imitate their tunes. The first intimation I had of the nature of the difficulty, was derived from observing, that a native singer, in attempting to repeat the octave in company with one of our musical instruments, did not observe the same intervals, and of course the two were not at every note in unison. Subsequently one of my colleagues attempted to write Arab tunes on our stave, and found that he was unable to do it, owing to some peculiarity in the intervals. But i...

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