Theory and Practice in the Music of the Islamic World

This collection of original essays honours Owen Wright, whose six volumes to date and many articles have shaped the study of music in the Islamic Middle East. The contributors take up questions raised by his work, and the book reflects on how historical musicology and ethnomusicology have been reshaped in its wake.

Its readers are likely to be specialists and graduate students in musicology, ethnomusicology and Islamic studies, along with anyone following how these fields have changed. The essays are new pieces written for this volume rather than reprints, so the book also records where current thinking in the field stands.

Published by Routledge. ISBN-13: 9781138218314.