Format:
XIII, 273 S. : Ill., Kt., Notenbeisp. ;
,
24 cm.
ISBN:
0-226-13611-6
,
0-226-13612-4
,
978-0-226-13612-7
Series Statement:
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-261) and index. - "The voice and face of Egypt" Some questions ; Speech about music ; Listening ; Performing ; "Popular" music ; The individual ; Social issues -- Childhood in the Egyptian delta. "Min al-Mashāyikh" ; Performing experience ; The audiences -- Beginning in Cairo. Music in Cairo ; The "Bedouin" singer ; An education in music and performance ; A turning point ; 1926 and beyond -- Media, style, and idiom. Taking a direction in style ; Producing concerts ; Negotiating the public ; Recordings and radio ; Making films ; Developing an idiom -- "The golden age of Umm Kulthūm" and two cultural formations. The 1940s ; Musical populism ; New films ; Neoclassicism ; The impact of the new Qaṣāʾid and the populist songs -- "The voice of Egypt": the artists' work and shared aesthetics. Building the model of the song ; The concerts ; "her voice...!" ; "But can you understand the words?" ; "She was good because she could read the Qurʼān" ; "She gave us back the Qaṣīda" ; "She never sang a line the same way twice" -- Umm Kulthūm and a new generation. The national songs and "Rābiʿa 'l-ʿAdawiyya" ; "A new stage" ; Collaboration with ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ; The resilience of al-Sunbāṭī's songs ; The Ughniyya ; The widening market ; The concerts for Egypt ; "The Fallaḥiin are my self" ; The repertory not sung -- Legacies of a performer
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
1898-1975 Umm-Kulṯūm
;
Gesellschaft
;
Musikleben
;
Unterhaltungsmusik
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
Bibliografie
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi051/96045394.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/96045394.html
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