The Arab Avant-Garde : Music, Politics, Modernity
The first in-depth study of diverse and radical innovation in Arab music.
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Middletown : Wesleyan University Press,
2013
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Music Culture Ser
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| Schlagworte: | Popular music Music Avant-garde (Music) Popular music - Middle East - History and criticism Music--Middle East--21st century--History and criticism Music--Middle East--20th century--History and criticism Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | The first in-depth study of diverse and radical innovation in Arab music. Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: "Arab" + "Avant-Garde" -- Part I: Alternative Modernities: Norms and Innovations -- 1. Transforming Space: The Production of Contemporary Syrian Art Music -- 2. Balancing Integration and Disintegration: Amir Elsaffar and the Contingent Avant-Garde -- 3. Multisited Avant-Gardes or World Music 2.0? Musicians from Beirut and Beyond between Local Production and Euro-American Reception -- Part II: Roots and Routes -- 4. The "People's Artist" and the Beginnings of the Twentieth-Century Arab Avant-Garde -- 5. Challenging the Status Quo in War-Torn Lebanon: Ziad Rahbani, the Avant-Garde Heir to Musical Tradition -- 6. A Look at Lightning: The Life and Compositions of Halim El-Dabh -- Part III: Political Deployments of The Avant-Garde -- 7. Sonic Cosmopolitanisms: Experimental Improvised Music and a Lebanese-American Cultural Exchange -- 8. Activism and Authenticity: Palestinian and Related Hip-Hop in an International Frame -- 9. Noise and Its Formless Shadows: Egypt's Extreme Metal as Avant-Garde Nafas Dawsha -- Selected Discography -- Contributors -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780819573872 0819573876 9780819573858 081957385X |