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* [http://www.jstor.org/stable/834292 "Min al-Mashāyikh": A View of Egyptian Musical Tradition], by Virginia Danielson. Asian Music. Vol. 22, No. 1 (Autumn, 1990 - Winter, 1991), pp. 113-127. | * [http://www.jstor.org/stable/834292 "Min al-Mashāyikh": A View of Egyptian Musical Tradition], by Virginia Danielson. Asian Music. Vol. 22, No. 1 (Autumn, 1990 - Winter, 1991), pp. 113-127. (Note: if you're not on campus you may have to use [http://www.jstor.org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/stable/834292?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=danielson&searchText=shaykh&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Ddanielson%2Bshaykh%26amp%3Bacc%3Don%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bgroup%3Dnone this link] instead. | ||
* Watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Poj8mdKHw8 Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt] to 18:40 (NB: the subtitles contain errors) or on Rutherford Reserve (ML 420 U46 U46 2006). What was the role of Islam (through Qur'an, religious song, Sufi festival) in selecting singers and shaping or training their voices? | * Watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Poj8mdKHw8 Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt] to 18:40 (NB: the subtitles contain errors) or on Rutherford Reserve (ML 420 U46 U46 2006). What was the role of Islam (through Qur'an, religious song, Sufi festival) in selecting singers and shaping or training their voices? | ||
* [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Concept_of_LP.pdf "Against ethnomusicology: Language performance and the social impact of ritual performance in Islam], Performing Islam, Volume 2, Number 1, December 2013 , pp. 11-43. Consider: why do I reject "music" (and "ethnomusicology")? What is "language performance" in Islam and why is it important? How can it be applied to ritual performance in Islam? | * [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Concept_of_LP.pdf "Against ethnomusicology: Language performance and the social impact of ritual performance in Islam], Performing Islam, Volume 2, Number 1, December 2013 , pp. 11-43. Consider: why do I reject "music" (and "ethnomusicology")? What is "language performance" in Islam and why is it important? How can it be applied to ritual performance in Islam? | ||
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Tuesday (4a)
Islam as Musical Catalyst (Islamicate Music) and Islam as Sonic Ritual (Islamic Language Performance)
Due today
Two page report on the following three works (2 readings and 1 film excerpt); submit on eClass 4a
- "Min al-Mashāyikh": A View of Egyptian Musical Tradition, by Virginia Danielson. Asian Music. Vol. 22, No. 1 (Autumn, 1990 - Winter, 1991), pp. 113-127. (Note: if you're not on campus you may have to use this link instead.
- Watch Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt to 18:40 (NB: the subtitles contain errors) or on Rutherford Reserve (ML 420 U46 U46 2006). What was the role of Islam (through Qur'an, religious song, Sufi festival) in selecting singers and shaping or training their voices?
- "Against ethnomusicology: Language performance and the social impact of ritual performance in Islam, Performing Islam, Volume 2, Number 1, December 2013 , pp. 11-43. Consider: why do I reject "music" (and "ethnomusicology")? What is "language performance" in Islam and why is it important? How can it be applied to ritual performance in Islam?
Also: review Shiloah reading from Week 2
Class
Exercises
- Performing Adhan in various maqamat (with responses)
- Performing Qur'an 112
Islamic ritual: language performance
LP: the mainstream sounds of Islam in social life and the social implications of sound.
- Adhan soundscapes (Egypt, Tamale, Kazakhstan)
- Tilawa (Qur'anic recitation):
- as worship
- as aesthetics
- as ideological messaging
- as sonic-ethical pedagogy
- Salat as a compound ritual (refer to my article analyzing Salat)
- Adhan
- Qur'an
- Adhkar al-Salat
- Examples:
- Dawn in Egypt
- Friday prayer in Kazakhstan
Islamicate music: music of Muslim civilizations and the Impact of Islam
- History
- Core characteristics
- Impact of Islam
- Discourses of Islam
- Practices of Islam
- Islam as civilizational catalyst
- Examples:
- Egyptian Wasla
- Turkish Fasil
- Moroccan Nawba
- Persian Dastgah
Thursday (4b)
Due today
- Sounds of Hajj and Eid al-Adha
- Hadith
Class
- Rituals and sounds of the Hajj