Mediterranean Mosaic Popular Music and Global Sounds

Name: Mediterranean Mosaic Popular Music and Global Sounds
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ISBN: 9780415936552

ISBN-10: 0415936551

ISBN-13: 9780415936552

Edition: 2003

Authors: Goffredo Plastino

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The Mediterranean region, which includes Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa, along with Italy, Greece, Spain and other European countries, encompasses a plethora of diverse but also interconnected cultures. The musical styles are just as diverse.Mediterranean Mosaicweaves together issues of music contemporary geopolitics and identity struggles. Acknowledging the region's historical legacy, it examines the ebb and flow of traditional musics within the region as well as outside influences on these traditions. Topics covered include: Klapa singing and Cha Wave from Croatia, the pop group Alibina, Pop-Rai from Algeria, and jazz in the Mediterranean. Also includes 20 musical examples.

Book details

List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/22/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.29" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Plastino is Lecturer in World Musics at the University of Newcastle.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Sailing the Mediterranean Musics




Paint it Black, Cat: Rock, Pop, and the Mediterranean




Seeking Connections Through a Sea: Mediterranean Sounds in Spanish Folk and Popular Music




Moroccan World Beat Through the Media




Pop-Rai: From a "Local" Tradition to Globalization




"New Sounds, Old Tunes": Tunisian Media Stars Reinterpret the Ma'luf




Some Meanings of the Spanish Tinge in Contemporary Egyptian Music




Yam Tikhoniyut: Transformations of Mediterraneanism in Israeli Music




Crossing the Boundaries: The Akdeniz Scene and Mediterraneanness




Between East and West: Contemporary Grooves in Greek Popular Music (c. 1990-2000)




Klapa Singing and Ca-Val: The Mediterranean Dimension of Popular Music in Croatia




Inventing Ethnic Music: Fabrizio De Andre's Creuza de ma and the Creation of Musica mediterranea in Italy




Sacred Popular Music of the Mediterranean and the Journey to Jerusalem



Contributors


Index