The Overview of the Music in Islamic Philosophy in Centuries Between VIII-XIII: El-Kindi, Farabi, Ibn Sina

Abstract

The period of covering between VIII - XIII. century called "Translation Movement" is a very effective process in terms of both music and philosophy at the stage of formation and development of Islamic philosophy. This process of spreading Islam, have brought about a result of the discovery of new cultures. By Translation Movement, thanks to the discovery of a new culture, a sense of them, however, took place through recognition through their work.

The purpose of this article is to assess el-Kindi, Farabi and İbn-i Sina who are both philosophers and both the music theorist, providing an overview with translated operates’s impact, in time at philosophy and in particular music that set out the works.