Terminological System of modern Arabic Music
The paper aims at a comprehensive study of the terminological system of modern Arab music. It contains a historiographical note on medieval texts that formed the main lexical corpus of the musical language of Arabs, as well as an analysis of the main terms and concepts used today in the musical practice in the countries of the Near East. In addition, the work explores the degree of mutual influence of Western and Eastern musical terminological systems. On the basis of theoretical treatises of different times, modern textbooks, and manuals on music, the key phenomena of Arab professional music, such as maqām and taqsīm, are examined in the context of musical knowledge and linguistics.