The Great Book of Music

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A book on modulation original: "al-Naqla," referring to the transition between musical notes or the transposition of melodies. in addition to rhythm.

And a discourse on music.

As for the books by Al-Farabi that have been printed or translated from those we have previously mentioned, they are:

"The Principles of the Opinions of the People of the Virtuous City," edited by the German scholar Dieterici Friedrich Dieterici (1821–1903) was a pioneering German orientalist who brought many of Al-Farabi's works to a Western audience.; it was printed in Leiden in the year 1895 AD and in Egypt in the year 1324 AH Approximately 1906 AD..

"The Philosophical Treatises of Al-Farabi," followed by an introduction and notes in German; edited by Dieterici and printed in Leiden in the year 1890 AD.

"The Collected Works," by the Second Teacher Al-Mu'allim al-Thani; a title given to Al-Farabi in the Islamic world because he was considered the greatest philosopher since Aristotle, who was known as the "First Teacher." and philosopher of Islam, Abu Nasr al-Farabi, followed by the "Texts of the Words" by Mr. Badr al-Din al-Halabi, which is a commentary on the "Gems of Wisdom" original: "Fusus al-Hikam," a concise and influential metaphysical work traditionally attributed to Al-Farabi. by Abu Nasr al-Farabi. This collection contains eight treatises by Al-Farabi and was printed in Egypt in the year 1325 AH Approximately 1907 AD..

Principles of Ancient Philosophy, printed in Egypt in the year 1328 AH Approximately 1910 AD..

"The Book of Music," from which some excerpts were printed under the supervision of Professor Land Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land, a Dutch scholar of Oriental languages and musicology. in the proceedings of the Sixth Orientalist Congress in Leiden in the year 1884 AD.

The book was later translated in its entirety into the French language by Baron d'Erlanger Rodolphe d'Erlanger, a French painter and musicologist who lived in Tunisia and compiled a monumental history of Arabic music. between 1930 and 1935 AD.

"The Book of the Enumeration of the Sciences," edited and annotated by the scholar and orientalist Dr. Farmer Henry George Farmer, a prominent British historian of Arabic music.; the specific section regarding the science of music was printed in Leiden in the year 1935 AD.

Most of the books authored by Al-Farabi have either been lost or they still