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‘By the 9^th century,* many Greek treatises had been translated into Arabic. Arabic culture preserved Greek musical writings, and most of those that reached the West did so in their Arabic versions. Arab theorists followed Greek models, often developing them further. ...The influence of Islamic music on European music is, at present, a subject of controversy.’

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*{2048J~A~896[ce]}

** – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:] 66

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