Ibn Kurr Explained

Ibn Kurr
Birth Place:Cairo
Death Date:1357 CE
Nationality:Iraqi
Occupation:Musical Theorist
Notable Works:Ġāyat al-matḷūb fī 'ilm al-adwār wa-'l-dụrūb

Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Isa ibn Hasan al-Baghdadi, known as Ibn Kurr (d. 1357 CE), was a musical theorist of medieval Islam. He is the author of Ġāyat al-matḷūb fī 'ilm al-adwār wa-'l-dụrūb (The Enticing Roads to Rhythms and Modes), a work on the musicological discourse in Cairo during the first half of the 14th century CE. He was born in Cairo to an Iraqi refugee family.[1]

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  1. Guo. Li. Owen Wright: Music Theory in Mamluk Cairo: The ġāyat al-maṭlūb fī ʿilm al-adwār wa-'l-ḍurūb by Ibn Kurr. (SOAS Musicology Series.) ix, 361 pp. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2014. £75. . 978-1-4094-6881-3. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 17 March 2015. 78. 1. 187–188. 10.1017/S0041977X14001153. 161295976 .