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The Science of Music: Knowledge Production In Medieval Baghdad and Beyond

The Science of Music cover art (Image provided) Author Mohammad Sadegh Ansari Publication Cambridge University Press (2024) Summary This book is a remarkable exploration of how music, mathematics, philosophy and cosmology interacted, were learned, studied, patronized and transmitted in medieval Baghdad, from the earliest translations of Greek texts through the classic works by al-Kindi, al-Farabi,

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Students reading old manuscripts (SUNY Geneseo/Keith Walters)

American Cornerstones Project

Student reading old manuscript (SUNY Geneseo/Keith Walters ’11) History News The American Cornerstones Project is a new initiative at SUNY Geneseo funded by the Teagle Foundation. Its purpose is to provide first-year and transfer students with a shared experience reading transformational text in America Democracy, and with high-impact, community-based research in their hometowns exploring American

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