Arab Music and Musical Notation
Author: Issam El-Mallah
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 436
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Author: Issam El-Mallah
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 436
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Johnny Farraj
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-07-18
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 019065838X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat makes hundreds of listeners cheer ecstatically at the same instant during a live concert by Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum? What is the unspoken language behind a taqsim (traditional instrumental improvisation) that performers and listeners implicitly know? How can Arabic music be so rich and diverse without resorting to harmony? Why is it so challenging to transcribe Arabic music from a recording? Inside Arabic Music answers these and many other questions from the perspective of two "insiders" to the practice of Arabic music, by documenting a performance culture and a know-how that is largely passed on orally. Arabic music has spread across the globe, influencing music from Greece all the way to India in the mid-20th century through radio and musical cinema, and global popular culture through Raqs Sharqi, known as "Bellydance" in the West. Yet despite its popularity and influence, Arabic music, and the maqam scale system at its heart, remain widely misunderstood. Inside Arabic Music de-mystifies maqam with an approach that draws theory directly from practice, and presents theoretical insights that will be useful to practitioners, from the beginner to the expert - as well as those interested in the related Persian, Central Asian, and Turkish makam traditions. Inside Arabic Music's discussion of maqam and improvisation widens general understanding of music as well, by bringing in ideas from Saussurean linguistics, network theory, and Lakoff and Johnson's theory of cognition as metaphor, with an approach parallel to Gjerdingen's analysis of Galant-period music - offering a lens into the deeper relationships among music, culture, and human community.
Author: Henry George Farmer
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Published: 1970
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Yu-hsiu Lu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-09-27
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 981164473X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shares essential insights into how indigenous music has been inherited and preserved under the influence of the dominant mainstream culture in Asia and Europe. It illustrates possible ways of handing down indigenous music in countries and regions with different levels of acceptance toward indigeneity, including Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Near and Middle East, Caucasus Mountains, etc. Given its focus, the book benefits researchers who are interested in the status quo of indigenous music around the globe. The macro- and micro-perspectives used to explore related issues, problems, and concerns also benefit those interested in regional ethnomusicology.
Author: Timothy Rice
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-01-21
Total Pages: 1181
ISBN-13: 135170883X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGateways to Understanding Music explores music in all the categories that constitute contemporary musical experience: European classical music, popular music, jazz, and world music. Covering the oldest forms of human music making to the newest, the chronological narrative considers music from a global rather than a Eurocentric perspective. Each of sixty modular "gateways" covers a particular genre, style, or period of music. Every gateway opens with a guided listening example that unlocks a world of music through careful study of its structural elements. Based on their listening experience, students are asked to consider how the piece came to be composed or performed, how the piece or performance responded to the social and cultural issues at the time and place of its creation, and what that music means today. Students learn to listen to, explain, understand, and ultimately value all the music they may encounter in their world. FEATURES Global scope—Presents all music as worthy of study, including classical, world, popular, and jazz. Historical narrative—Begins with small-scale forager societies up to the present, with a shifting focus from global to European to American influences. Modular framework—60 gateways in 14 chapters allow flexibility to organize chronologically or by the seven recurring themes: aesthetics, emotion, social life, links to culture, politics, economics, and technology. Listening-guided learning—Leads to understanding the emotion, meaning, significance, and history of music. Introduction of musical concepts—Defined as needed and compiled into a Glossary for reference. Consistent structure—With the same step-by-step format, students learn through repeated practice how to listen and how to think about music. In addition to streamed audio examples, the companion website hosts essential instructors’ resources.
Author: Jamil Ahmad
Publisher: Kazi Publications
Published: 1988-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780933511163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mohammad Reza Azadehfar
Publisher: Azadehfar
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 964621892X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ernest T. Abdel-Massih
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 474
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sir Thomas Walker Arnold
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788181500502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe legacy of Islam seeks to give an account of those elements in the culture of Europe which are derived from the Islamic world. It was under the patronage of the Islamic Empire that the arts and sciences which this book descirbes flourished.
Author: Henry George Farmer
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Published: 2018-10-15
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780343263867
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