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* Westernization and colonization:  musical sound
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= Westernization and colonization:  sounds of the 20th century, and the decline of tarab =
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA0XofIlYZY Sabah Fakhri][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOj_pIhsqkw]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA0XofIlYZY Sabah Fakhri][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOj_pIhsqkw]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FX6stbbhUI Umm Kulthum]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaa9oTZL22o Sayed Darwish]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ5Lu5JydY8 Marcel Khalife]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FX6stbbhUI Umm Kulthum]
[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4jm0b_ali-hamida-lawlaki_music Ali Hamida]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ5Lu5JydY8 Marcel Khalife]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9YI3FmYgmk Ruby]
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* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4jm0b_ali-hamida-lawlaki_music Ali Hamida]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9YI3FmYgmk Ruby]
  
* Rise of music media and commodification
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= Rise of commodification and music media =
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxBXd247img Samia Gamal and Tahia Carioca and 78s]
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* late 19th c:  musical plays, operettas, ticketed concerts, caberets
** 1904 phonograms
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** Abu Khalil Qabbani (1835-1902)
** 1920s radio (1934 national radio)
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbbwvP0kuWs Salama Hijazi] (1852 - 1917)
** 1932 musical films: first Unshudat al-Fu’ad, starring Nadra and Shaykh Zakariya Ahmad, then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUcTuTd1rI Al-Warda al-Bayda], starring Muhammad Abdel Wahhab.
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** [http://www.belly-dance.org/badia-masabni.html Badia Masabni]1892- 1974 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26V9iOEw1co]
** Midaq Alley (film 1963 starring Shadia, setting 1940s) [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=44230914757826936# Watch the film] from 15:00.
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* 1904 phonograms
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaa9oTZL22o Sayed Darwish] [[Image:78catalog.jpg]]
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* 1920s radio (1934 national radio)
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* 1932 musical films: first Unshudat al-Fu’ad, starring Nadra and Shaykh Zakariya Ahmad, then [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUcTuTd1rI Al-Warda al-Bayda], starring Muhammad Abdel Wahhab.
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* Midaq Alley (film 1963 starring Shadia, setting 1940s) [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=44230914757826936# Watch the film] from 15:00.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxBXd247img Samia Gamal and Tahia Carioca and 78s]f
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* [http://www.ertu.org/ 1960 Egyptian television]
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* late 1970s, 1980s and 90s: cassettes, CDs; [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4jm0b_ali-hamida-lawlaki_music Ali Hamida][[Image:cassettes.jpg]]
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* 2000s:  satellite, internet and mobile distribution
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** [http://www.rotana.net/ Rotana]
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** [http://www.mazika.com/Default.aspx Mazika]
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** [[Satellite technology in Egypt]]
  
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= Shifts in representation of women: the male gaze in music, veiling and unveiling... =
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* Almaz and Abdu al-Hamuli [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ_zRPlYDFc][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9bX8kQWNsI] with [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/MAW/Almaz%20and%20Abduh%20al-Hamuli.pdf accompanying text].
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FX6stbbhUI Umm Kulthum]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJNHfmETiVk Samia Gamal][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1hoCRfeFc0]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9YI3FmYgmk Ruby]
  
* Shifts in representation of women: the male gaze in music, veiling and unveiling...
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= Bifurcations: Religious/secular; Sufi/Salafi =
** Almaz and Abdu al-Hamuli [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ_zRPlYDFc][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9bX8kQWNsI] with [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/MAW/Almaz%20and%20Abduh%20al-Hamuli.pdf accompanying text].
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* "Shaykh" vs "Effendi"
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FX6stbbhUI Umm Kulthum]
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* Decline of religious training for singers
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJNHfmETiVk Samia Gamal][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1hoCRfeFc0]
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* [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=Islamic_performance_genres Religious genres]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9YI3FmYgmk Ruby]
 
  
* Bifurcations:  Religious/secular; Sufi/Salafi
 
[http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=Islamic_performance_genres Religious genres]
 
  
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= Nationalism, pan-Arabism, and the media =
  
* Nationalism and media
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* Benedict Anderson and communities "imagined" via mass media (19th c print capitalism)
** [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/MAW/pan-Arab%20music%20networks.pdf Shifts in the pan-Arab media network]
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* 19th c Arab nationalism and the first "Arab music" (via media)
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* Nasser's Egypt-centric pan-Arabism (top down, ideological), and associated music (Abdel Halim, Umm Kulthum)
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* satellite revolution's new pan-Arabism (bottom up, capitalistic, distributed production)
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'''The span of pan-Arab media'''
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[[Image:satellite.jpg]]
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* [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/MAW/pan-Arab%20music%20networks.pdf Shifts in the pan-Arab media network]

Latest revision as of 14:10, 17 February 2011

Westernization and colonization: sounds of the 20th century, and the decline of tarab

Rise of commodification and music media

Shifts in representation of women: the male gaze in music, veiling and unveiling...

Bifurcations: Religious/secular; Sufi/Salafi

  • "Shaykh" vs "Effendi"
  • Decline of religious training for singers
  • Religious genres


Nationalism, pan-Arabism, and the media

  • Benedict Anderson and communities "imagined" via mass media (19th c print capitalism)
  • 19th c Arab nationalism and the first "Arab music" (via media)
  • Nasser's Egypt-centric pan-Arabism (top down, ideological), and associated music (Abdel Halim, Umm Kulthum)
  • satellite revolution's new pan-Arabism (bottom up, capitalistic, distributed production)

The span of pan-Arab media Satellite.jpg