Poetry, music and dance in moorish and moresque Granada

Basándonos en fuentes fundamentalmente árabes, este estudio pretende destacar la importancia de la poesía y la música andalusíes como disciplinas que caminaban en paralelo en el contexto de la sociedad granadina durante el periodo musulmán. Asimismo, presenta una relación de personajes relevantes que nacieron en Granada o tuvieron relación con esta ciudad y sus aportaciones. También se recoge la danza y las f iestas populares y religiosas (musulmanas, cristianas y moriscas), destacando aquéllas que conmemoraban el naci- miento del profeta Muhámmad (Mawlid) y generaron un nuevo tipo de poesía cantada: la casida mawlidiyya, imprimiendo un carácter diferenciador respecto a otras ciudades andalusíes.This article, based on the analysis of documents in Arabic, discusses the value of andalusí poetry and music as disciplines that mutually contribute to the context of the Granada community during the Islamic period. We also present a checklist of prominent figures born in Granada or who had a close relation with the city, together with an account of their contributions to the art of the time. Contemporary dance and popular and religious festivities, both Christian and Moorish, are also studied and special attention is paid to those which emphasize the birth of the Prophet Mohammed. The Mawlid festivities that gave rise to a new style of poetry designed to be sung: al-qasida al-mawlidiyya, which represent an art which distinguishes Granada from other Andalusian cities