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In This Pioneering Study On Music In The Arab World, A.j. Racy Provides An Intimate Portrayal Of The Arab Musical Experience And Offers Insights Into How Music Generally Affects Us All. The Focus Is Tarab, A Multifacted Concept That Has No Exact Equivalent In English And Refers To Both The Indigenous Music And The Ecstatic Feeling Associated With It. Richly Documented, The Book Examines Various Aspects Of The Musical Craft, Including The Basic Learning Processes, How Musicians Become Inspired, The Love Lyrics As Tools Of Ecstasy, The Relationship Between Performers And Listeners, And The Influence Of Technological Mediation And Globalization. Racy Also Probes A Variety Of World Musical And Ecstatic Contexts And Analyses Theoretical Paradigms From Other Related Disciplines. Written In A Lucid Style, Making Music In The Arab World Will Engage The General Reader As Well As The Specialist.--jacket. Introduction -- Culture -- Performance -- Music -- Saltanah -- Lyrics -- Tarab In Perspective. A.j. Racy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 231-239) And Index.
- Author
- ALI JIHAD RACY
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521316859
- Subjects
- Music, History, Anthropology