Lisa Urkevich

Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Music of the Arabian Peninsula presents and evaluates the traditional music of Saudi Arabia and her Gulf neighbors, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar. Because of the large physical size of the Arabian Peninsula, diverse environments, and the subsequent regional differences, the volume is divided into geographic sections. The material is both musicological and ethnomusicological in scope, and the content is arranged around musical genres and includes a discussion of musical elements and characteristics, instrumentation, composers/performers, texts, and performance perspectives. It also addresses associated customs (e.g. ritual, dance, dress) and the contextual role of the music within the greater culture and regional heritage. This study provides pioneering insight into this important, largely uncharted area, including the musical lives of Arabian women, and offers a much-needed clear general classification and codification structure for music of the Arabian Peninsula.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780415888707
• ISBN-10: 0415888700
• Artikelnr.: 31386081

Autorenporträt

Lisa Urkevich Ph.D. is a professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology and Chair of the Department of Music and Drama at the American University of Kuwait where she teaches courses on music and rituals of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction PART I The Najd and Upper Gulf Region 2. Bedouin Arts 3. Bedouin Women's Music and Dance 4: Tagg
g
t: Female Drumming Bands 5: Hadar Arts from the Najd: Songs with Drums 6: Hadar (Khamm
ri) Arts in the Upper Gulf 7: Gulf Wedding Practices and Songs 8: Incoming Arts: African and Persian 9: Sea Music Traditions, and Sät PART 2 The Hijaz and Southwest Region 10. Hijazi Folk Traditions 11: T
'if and Music 12: Art Music of the Hijazi Cities 13: Hijazi Women and Music Making 14: Distinguished Hijazi Artists 15: Introduction: Southwestern Arabia 16: As
r Genres and Traditions 17: B
sha and B
ha Arts 18: J
z
n Music and Dance 19: Musical Aspect of Najr
n Appendix: Comments on Contemporary Arts and 'Adani Glossary Bibliography Index