Arabic Music And The Oud - Paperback

Many Books Have Been Written On The Subject Of Arabic Music, Most Of Them By Western Authors Who Presented The Subject From A Western Perspective With No Knowledge Of Arabic Music Other Than From Theories Reported By Authors Relying Mainly On Other Western And Often Inaccurate Sources. Ahmed Mukhtars Book Is Most Important Because, Precisely, It Narrates His Account Of Arabic Music, And Especially Oud Music, From The Perspective Of An Accomplished Oudist And Composer Who Has Received His Knowledge Principally From Oral Transmission Which Sometimes Conflicted With Historiography. However, Oral Transmission Is A Fundamental Epistemological Tool Of Arabic Culture Of Which The West Is Suspicious.