The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East

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Overview

Expert writers present the major traditions of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, together with personal accounts of performers, composers, teachers, and ceremonies. A special feature of this volume is the inclusion of dozens of brief snap-shot essays that offer "lifestories" of typical musicmakers and their art, as well as first-person descriptions of specific music performances and events. Also includes maps and music examples.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781351544177
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/25/2017
Series: Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 1212
File size: 101 MB
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About the Author

Virginia Danielson is Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Librarian at Harvard University and author of The Voice of Egypt: UmmKulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in theTwentieth Century (1997). Scott Marcus is Associate Professor of Music at the UC Santa Barbara. DwightReynolds is Professor of Religion at UC Santa Barbara and author of Heroic Poets, Heroic Heroes: The Ethnography ofPerformance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition (1995).

Table of Contents

Audio Examples, Maps, About The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Preface, Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation, Contributing Authors, Part 1: Introduction to the Musics of the Region, Part 2: Understanding Musics of the Middle East: Issues and Processes, Section 1: Theory, Composition, and Performance, Section 2: Music in Religious Expression, Section 3: Popular Music and the Media, Section 4: Gender and Music, Section 5: Learning and Transmission, Section 6:Historical Roots, Part 3: Music Cultures and Regions, Section 1: North Africa: The Maghrib, Section 2: The Eastern Arab World: The Mashriq, Section 3: The Arabian Peninsula, Section 4: Armenia, Section 5: Kurdistan, Section 6: Turkey, Section 7: Iran, Section 8: Central Asia, Section 9: Israel, Glossary, A Guide to Publications on Middle Eastern Music, A Guide to Recordings of Middle Eastern Music, A Guide to Films and Videos of Middle Eastern Music, Notes on the Audio Examples, Index
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