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Music in Arabia : Perspectives on Heritage, Mobility, and Nation.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (323 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253057525
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Music in ArabiaOnline resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Note on Accompanying Website -- 1. Introduction / Virginia Danielson -- 2. Aspects of the Musical Traditions in the Arabian Peninsula: Distinctive Features, Institutional Preservation, Patrimonial Negotiation / Scheherazade Hassan -- 3. The Oil Economy and the Perpetuation of Musical Heritage in Abu Dhabi / Virginia Danielson -- 4. (Re)Patriating the Business of Music in Oman: Examples ofthe Tangible and Intangible in an Omani Arts Economy /Anne K. Rasmussen -- 5. Kuwaiti Pearl-Diving Music and the Mayouf Mejally Folkloric Ensemble: Beyond an Authorized Heritage Discourse /Ghazi Faisal al-Mulaifi -- 6. Which Lute Was Played in the Sawt of the Gulf before the Twentieth Century? / Jean Lambert -- 7. The Recordings of ʿAbdullatif al-Kuwaiti: 1927-1947 /Ahmad AlSalhi -- 8. Līwa: A Tale of Adaptation, Survival, and Sustainability /Aisha Bilkhair -- 9. The Art of the Tambūra in Qatar: African Identity Reimagined /Issa Boulos and Yassine Ayari -- 10. Beyond Aesthetics: Political Diplomacy and Cultural Policy in the Musics of the Sultanate of Oman / Majid H. al-Harthy -- 11. Songstresses of Saudi Arabia / Kay Hardy Campbell -- 12. Wedding Music: An Ethnography of Male Songs and Dances atTraditional Weddings in the United Arab Emirates /Khalid Albudoor, Translated by Issa Boulos -- 13. Gender and Genres of Arab Music in the Collection of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) /Anne van Oostrum -- 14. The Oman Center for Traditional Music: 1983-2016 /Musallam al-Kathiri, Translated by Majid H. al-Harthy -- 15. Baloch Cultural Circuits in the Context of the Musical Ethnography of the Gulf Region / George Mürer -- 16. Reimagining Protest, Reform, and the Public Sphere inBahraini Hip-Hop and Heavy Metal /David A. McDonald -- 17. Afterword / Ruth M. Stone -- Glossary.
Index.
Summary: With the work of resident heritage practitioners set alongside that of Western researchers, Music in Arabia offers both context and content to clarify how music articulates identity and nation among multiethnic, multiracial, and multinational populations.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Note on Accompanying Website -- 1. Introduction / Virginia Danielson -- 2. Aspects of the Musical Traditions in the Arabian Peninsula: Distinctive Features, Institutional Preservation, Patrimonial Negotiation / Scheherazade Hassan -- 3. The Oil Economy and the Perpetuation of Musical Heritage in Abu Dhabi / Virginia Danielson -- 4. (Re)Patriating the Business of Music in Oman: Examples ofthe Tangible and Intangible in an Omani Arts Economy /Anne K. Rasmussen -- 5. Kuwaiti Pearl-Diving Music and the Mayouf Mejally Folkloric Ensemble: Beyond an Authorized Heritage Discourse /Ghazi Faisal al-Mulaifi -- 6. Which Lute Was Played in the Sawt of the Gulf before the Twentieth Century? / Jean Lambert -- 7. The Recordings of ʿAbdullatif al-Kuwaiti: 1927-1947 /Ahmad AlSalhi -- 8. Līwa: A Tale of Adaptation, Survival, and Sustainability /Aisha Bilkhair -- 9. The Art of the Tambūra in Qatar: African Identity Reimagined /Issa Boulos and Yassine Ayari -- 10. Beyond Aesthetics: Political Diplomacy and Cultural Policy in the Musics of the Sultanate of Oman / Majid H. al-Harthy -- 11. Songstresses of Saudi Arabia / Kay Hardy Campbell -- 12. Wedding Music: An Ethnography of Male Songs and Dances atTraditional Weddings in the United Arab Emirates /Khalid Albudoor, Translated by Issa Boulos -- 13. Gender and Genres of Arab Music in the Collection of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) /Anne van Oostrum -- 14. The Oman Center for Traditional Music: 1983-2016 /Musallam al-Kathiri, Translated by Majid H. al-Harthy -- 15. Baloch Cultural Circuits in the Context of the Musical Ethnography of the Gulf Region / George Mürer -- 16. Reimagining Protest, Reform, and the Public Sphere inBahraini Hip-Hop and Heavy Metal /David A. McDonald -- 17. Afterword / Ruth M. Stone -- Glossary.

Index.

With the work of resident heritage practitioners set alongside that of Western researchers, Music in Arabia offers both context and content to clarify how music articulates identity and nation among multiethnic, multiracial, and multinational populations.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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