MENAME assignments and class schedule 2012
Please complete readings, watch films, and study maqamat and durub prior to each class. Submit a 1-2 paragraph report on each reading and each film via email to the instructor using the subject line: MENAME review
Midterm quizzes are scheduled for October 11 (academic, 6:30 – 7:00; short answer and map quiz) and October 25 (demonstration of performance and aural competence, 6:30 – 7:30). No makeups will be allowed without a valid excuse. Final exam: November 29, 6:30 to 9:30, comprising two quizzes (academic and performance). No makeups will be allowed without a valid excuse.
Contents
- 1 Week 1: Sep 6
- 2 Week 2: Sep 13
- 3 Week 3: Sep 20
- 4 Week 4: Sep 27
- 5 Week 5: Oct 4
- 6 Week 6: Oct 11 (Midterm quiz, academic: 6:30 - 7:00)
- 7 Week 7: Oct 18
- 8 Week 8: Oct 25 (Midterm quiz: performance, 6:30 - 7:30)
- 9 Week 9: Nov 1
- 10 Week 10: Nov 8
- 11 Week 11: Nov 15 (with Ethiopian music courtesy of special guest artists from the Either Orchestra)
- 12 Week 12: Nov 22, Nov 24 (Concert)
- 13 Week 13: Nov 29 (Final Exam)
- 14 Optional readings
Week 1: Sep 6
Maqam: Hijaz
Durub: wahda, maqsum, bamb
Lecture segment (6:30 to 7:00)
Course introduction
Rehearsal segment: (7:00 to 9:30)
Piece:
Songs:
- Ah Ya Zayn (traditional)
- al-Hilwa Di, by Sayyid Darwish and Badi` Khayri (Hijaz)
- Ana Fintizarak, by Zakaria Ahmed and Bayram al-Tunisi (Hijaz)
Week 2: Sep 13
Maqam: Bayyati
Durub: Sama`i, Sama`i Darij, Yuruk Sama`i
Homework
- Hearing the Music of the Middle East
- Performance of Arab Music in Twentieth-Century Egypt: Reconciling Authenticity and Contemporaneity
Lecture segment
Overview of tonal and rhythmic theory
Week 3: Sep 20
Musical Instruments in the Arab World
Overview of Music in the Mashriq
In class: Film: Umm Kulthum, a voice like Egypt (part 1)
Week 4: Sep 27
Week 5: Oct 4
The Eastern Arab System of Melodic Modes in Theory and Practice: A Case Study of Maqam Bayyati
Rhythmic modes in Middle Eastern Music
Music in Performance: 'ud Lessons with George Michel
Week 6: Oct 11 (Midterm quiz, academic: 6:30 - 7:00)
Week 7: Oct 18
Institutionalization of Learning in Egypt
Western Music, Colonialism, Cosmopolitanism, and Modernity in Egypt
Music in Performance: A Rehearsal with Firqat al-Musiqa al-'Arabiyya
Week 8: Oct 25 (Midterm quiz: performance, 6:30 - 7:30)
Islamic Hymnody in Egypt: Al-lnshad al-Dini
Week 9: Nov 1
The Performers of Muhammad 'Ali Street in Cairo, Egypt
Week 10: Nov 8
Week 11: Nov 15 (with Ethiopian music courtesy of special guest artists from the Either Orchestra)
Stardom in Egyptian Music: Four Case Studies
Snapshot: Opening Night for a Star Performer—Umm Kulthum and Inta 'Umri
The Impact of the Media on Egyptian Music
Week 12: Nov 22, Nov 24 (Concert)
Historical Issues of Gender and Music
Salama, film starring Umm Kulthum
Contemporary Issues of Gender and Music
Week 13: Nov 29 (Final Exam)
Optional readings
Classification of Musical Instruments in the Medieval Middle East
Arabic writings on music, 8th to 19th centuries
