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The art of reciting the Qur'an

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ISBN	9774245946 (pbk.)
ISBN	9789774245947 (pbk.)
Author	Nelson, Kristina 1945-
Title	The art of reciting the Qur'an / [by] Kristina Nelson
Publisher	Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2001
Physical desc.	xxviii, 246 p. ; ill., music ; 23 cm.
Note	Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
Note	First published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1985.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-234) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The text: The Qur'an: History of the revelation and compilation of the written text; Nature of the text; External form of the text; Content, language, and style -- Tajwid: Introduction; material of tajwid; sound of tajwid -- The Sama' polemic -- The ideal recitation of the Qur'an: Issues; Terminology; Huzn -- The sound of the Qur'anic recitation: Introduction; Murattal; Mujawwad -- Maintaining the ideal recitation of the Qur'an -- Overlap and separation: the dynamics of perception and response: Introduction; The overlap of music and recitation; The separation of music and recitation -- Conclusion.
Subject	Qur'ān -- Recitation
	Koran -- Recitation
	Islamic music -- Egypt

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