Music in Egypt Experiencing Music, Expressing CultureIncludes CD

Name: Music in Egypt Experiencing Music, Expressing CultureIncludes CD
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ISBN: 9780195146448

ISBN-10: 0195146441

ISBN-13: 9780195146448

Edition: 2005

Authors: Scott L. Marcus

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The Music in the Middle East: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture is a case study in the Global Music series, edited by Bonnie Wade and Patricia Campbell. This book focuses on the variety of music that fill the eastern Arab world, with special focus on musics found in modern day Egypt. Based on his extensive fieldwork, Marcus introduces the features that unify much of Middle Eastern music. The book highlights the dynamic nature of Middle Eastern music culture and alsoexplores the impact of modernization and westernization on musical culture as well as music's role in helping to create a regional, national, and community identity. The three themes focused upon are the concepts of melodic…

Book details

List price: $43.50
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 8.31" wide x 5.71" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English




The call to prayer : a communal endeavor



The eastern Arab melodic modes : the Maqamat



Madh : a genre of Sufi religious music



The eastern Arab rhythmic modes



Upper Egyptian folk music for weddings and festivals : Mizmar ensembles



Islam and music : is music haram?



Art music of the late-nineteenth/early-twentieth centuries : Takht ensembles



Art music of the mid-twentieth century : Umm Kulthum and the long-song tradition



Zaffa (wedding procession) music



Present-day pop music : Hakim and the Sha'bi and Shababi genres