Musicology Annotation << Back How Myths about Musicians Were Born: From the History of Medieval Andalusia Tatiana S. Sergeeva In the paper the process of formation of myths about musicians, based on historical material on medieval Andalusia is considered. This data differ in degree of completeness: 1) hundreds of names (without facts) in written sources; 2) citations and semilegendary stories in adab literature; 3) myth-history about Ziryab, the key figure of Andalusian culture. The analysis of the creation mechanism of a myth on the basis of Ziryab’s biography reconstruction (on the medieval sources) shows that the process of mythologization of historic facts is the typological phenomenon which characterizes both the Middle Ages and the Ancient world. Keywords: Andalusian medieval musical culture, history mythologization, legends about musicians, myth about Ziryab. Contacts: E-mail: serguva@mail.ru Pp. 28-32.