Musicology Annotation << Back Court Music Tradition of Muslim East: Etiquette of Classic Music Performance and Listening (on the Basis of Medieval Sources) Sergeeva T.S. On the ground of comparison between Arabian (Abbasid dynasty) and Andalusian traditions the author considers specifity of functioning of music at court, including musicians’ duties and rules of conduct, etiquette of performance and listening of the classic music, and its main communicative form – Majlis at-tarab. Key words: Arabian music, Andalusian music, Majlis at-tarab, court music. E-mail: tatiana.sergeeva@ksu.ru