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Music in Egypt: Includes CD (Mixed media product)
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Music in Egypt: Includes CD (Mixed media product)
Series: Music in Egypt
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Music in Egypt is one of several case-study volumes that can be
used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global
Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many
diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the
practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array
of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of
the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation
as a point of departure, covering historical information and
traditions as they relate to the present. Visit
www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global
Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to
accompany each study.
Music in Egypt provides an overview of the country's rich and
dynamic contemporary musical landscape. It offers an in-depth look
at specific Egyptian musical traditions, paying special attention
to performers and the variety of contexts in which performances
occur. The book acknowledges the pervasive presence of Islam by
focusing on two Muslim performance genres and by considering the
age-old issue of the compatibility of music and Islam. It
accomplishes the latter by incorporating the voices of many of the
performers featured on the accompanying CD. The volume features a
variety of musics that reflect and help to create a number of
distinct regional, national, and community identities co-existing
in Egypt today.
Drawing on more than twenty years of extensive fieldwork, Scott L.
Marcus offers detailed ethnographic documentation of seven
performance traditions found in Egypt today: the call to prayer;
madh, a genre of Sufi religious music; southern Egyptian mizmar
folkmusic; early twentieth-century takht-based art music; music by
the acclaimed singer Umm Kulthum, which dominated the mid-twentieth
century; wedding procession music; and music by the current
superstar pop singer Hakim. The book is packaged with an 80-minute
audio CD containing excellent examples of each tradition. All of
the examples are based in a single melodic mode--maqam rast--to
best engage students with the musical form, structure, and practice
of the traditions. Separate educational tracks on the CD introduce
maqam rast and the variety of rhythms found in the CD examples. In
addition, the CD features a special solo improvisation (taqasim) in
maqam rast by UCLA professor Ali Jihad Racy, to help students
better understand this particular melodic mode.
Enhanced by eyewitness accounts of performances, interviews with
performers, listening examples, and song lyrics that enable
students to interact with the text, Music in Egypt provides a
unique and hands-on introduction to the country's diverse and
captivating music.
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