Persian music theorist
Abu Ahmad Yahya ibn Ali ibn Yahya ibn Abi Mansur Aban al-Monajjem[1] (Arabic: ابواحمد یحیی ابن علی ابن یحیی ابن ابی منصور آبان المنجم; 241/855-56 – in 13 Rabi' I 300/29 October 912) was a medieval Persian music theorist, literary historian and poet. He belonged to the family of Banu Munajjem, a family of Iranian descent, associated with the Abbasid court for more than two centuries.[1] His father 'Alī ibn Yaḥyā al-Munajjim (died 888) was a student of the renowned musician Ishaq al-Mawsili.[2]
He is mainly famous for a treatise on music, Resāla fi’l-mūsīqī رساله فی الموسیقی written for Al-Mu'tadid. His other famous work, of equal importance, is a compilation of biographies with some poetry named Ketāb al-bāher fī aḵbār šoʿarāʾ moḵażramī al-dawlatayn. He was highly praised by Al-Marzubani as a decent poet. He was well-versed in Arabic language, and he it is said that he wrote many books, though even the name of those books are not known today.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Khairallah, A. E. "ABŪ AḤMAD MONAJJEM". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ Wright, Owen (2001). "Munajjim, al-". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00654. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
Medieval Perso-Arab music
- Arab music
- Persian traditional music
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- Nashit
- Sa'ib Khathir
- Ibn Misjaḥ
- al-Gharid
- Hunain al-Hiri
- Algharid
- Ibn Surayj
- Ma'bad
- Yunus al-Katib al-Mughanni
- Ibn Muhriz
- Malik al-Ta'i
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