Week 4 - Sept 27: Tajik-Uzbek art music (Shashmaqom and related genres): repertoires, structures, history and contemporary practice

Reading assignment:

Browse: Elsner (1989); (1992); (1997) and choose any one relevant article that interests you.

Browse the relevant sections under "Tajikistan" and "Uzbekistan" in the The New Grove Dictionary.

Plus, read Levin (1984: ch. 1 and either ch. 2 - for those of you who are more context-oriented - or ch. 4 - for those of you who are keen on musical details) and one of the following: Levin (1996: 98-130). Levin & Sultanova (2002)

Listening suggestions:

From Central Asia - discography: CDs 3, 5, 10, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 30.

Also, check out a few samples from my field recordings, taken in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, summer 2006 Class media content