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=== Exercises ===
=== Exercises ===
* Performing Adhan in various maqamat (with responses)
* Performing Adhan in various maqamat (with responses) [http://maqamworld.com maqamat], following [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/Music_in_The_Islamic_World.pdf this notation].
* Performing Qur'an 112
* Performing Qur'an 112, [http://quran.com/112 Surat Ikhlas].


=== Islamic ritual: language performance===
=== Islamic ritual: language performance===

Revision as of 10:25, 22 September 2015

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

Also: review Shiloah reading from Week 2

Class

Overview of talks in Sheffield, Limerick; project in Geneva...

Exercises

Islamic ritual: language performance

LP: the mainstream sounds of Islam in social life and the social implications of sound. (ppt from Paris ICTM forum)

  • 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

Islamicate music

  • 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

(note: not finalized yet!)

  • Sounds of Hajj and Eid al-Adha (recordings: takbir, talbiya...)
  • Hadith: search for hadith about celebrating the Eid using the course's Resources page

Class

  • Rituals and sounds of the Hajj