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Until recently the Kitab al-aghani, The Book of Songs was seen as a chaotic but invaluable source of information on classical Arabic music. Hilary Kilpatrick approaches it as a work of literature in this comprehensive study.Hilary Kilpatrick is the author of 'Making the Great Book of Songs: Compilation and the Author's Craft in Ab I-Faraj al-Isbahn's Kitb al-aghn (Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures)', published 2002 under ISBN 9780700717019 and ISBN 0700717013.
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