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Kitab al-Musiqa al-Kabir
Kitab
al-Musiqa al-Kabir
is a
treatise
on
music
in
east
by the
medieval philosopher
al-Farabi
.
The work
prescribes
different
aspects of music
such as
maqamat
, and is
believed
to be influenced by the
Pythagorean theory
of
harmonic
ratios
. The
book
was
translated
into
Hebrew
by
Joseph ben Judah ibn Aknin
.