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− | = Westernization and colonization: | + | = 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] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA0XofIlYZY Sabah Fakhri][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOj_pIhsqkw] | ||
+ | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaa9oTZL22o Sayed Darwish] | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FX6stbbhUI Umm Kulthum] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FX6stbbhUI Umm Kulthum] | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ5Lu5JydY8 Marcel Khalife] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ5Lu5JydY8 Marcel Khalife] | ||
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= Rise of commodification and music media = | = Rise of commodification and music media = | ||
− | * late 19th c: operettas, ticketed concerts, caberets [http://www.belly-dance.org/badia-masabni.html Badia Masabni][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26V9iOEw1co] | + | * late 19th c: musical plays, operettas, ticketed concerts, caberets |
+ | ** Abu Khalil Qabbani (1835-1902) | ||
+ | ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbbwvP0kuWs Salama Hijazi] (1852 - 1917) | ||
+ | ** [http://www.belly-dance.org/badia-masabni.html Badia Masabni]1892- 1974 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26V9iOEw1co] | ||
* 1904 phonograms | * 1904 phonograms | ||
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaa9oTZL22o Sayed Darwish] [[Image:78catalog.jpg]] | ** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xaa9oTZL22o Sayed Darwish] [[Image:78catalog.jpg]] | ||
* 1920s radio (1934 national radio) | * 1920s radio (1934 national radio) | ||
− | * 1932 musical films: first Unshudat al-Fu’ad, starring Nadra and Shaykh Zakariya Ahmad, then | + | * 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. |
* Midaq Alley (film 1963 starring Shadia, setting 1940s) [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=44230914757826936# Watch the film] from 15:00. | * Midaq Alley (film 1963 starring Shadia, setting 1940s) [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=44230914757826936# Watch the film] from 15:00. | ||
− | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxBXd247img Samia Gamal and Tahia Carioca and 78s] | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxBXd247img Samia Gamal and Tahia Carioca and 78s]f |
− | * 1980s and 90s: cassettes, CDs; [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4jm0b_ali-hamida-lawlaki_music Ali Hamida][[Image:cassettes.jpg]] | + | * [http://www.ertu.org/ 1960 Egyptian television] |
+ | * late 1970s, 1980s and 90s: cassettes, CDs; [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4jm0b_ali-hamida-lawlaki_music Ali Hamida][[Image:cassettes.jpg]] | ||
* 2000s: satellite, internet and mobile distribution | * 2000s: satellite, internet and mobile distribution | ||
** [http://www.rotana.net/ Rotana] | ** [http://www.rotana.net/ Rotana] | ||
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= Bifurcations: Religious/secular; Sufi/Salafi = | = Bifurcations: Religious/secular; Sufi/Salafi = | ||
+ | * "Shaykh" vs "Effendi" | ||
+ | * Decline of religious training for singers | ||
* [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=Islamic_performance_genres Religious genres] | * [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/mediawiki/index.php?title=Islamic_performance_genres Religious genres] | ||
= Nationalism, pan-Arabism, and the media = | = Nationalism, pan-Arabism, and the media = | ||
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+ | * 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''' | '''The span of pan-Arab media''' |
Latest revision as of 14:10, 17 February 2011
Contents
- 1 Westernization and colonization: sounds of the 20th century, and the decline of tarab
- 2 Rise of commodification and music media
- 3 Shifts in representation of women: the male gaze in music, veiling and unveiling...
- 4 Bifurcations: Religious/secular; Sufi/Salafi
- 5 Nationalism, pan-Arabism, and the media
Westernization and colonization: sounds of the 20th century, and the decline of tarab
Rise of commodification and music media
- late 19th c: musical plays, operettas, ticketed concerts, caberets
- Abu Khalil Qabbani (1835-1902)
- Salama Hijazi (1852 - 1917)
- Badia Masabni1892- 1974 [2]
- 1904 phonograms
- 1920s radio (1934 national radio)
- 1932 musical films: first Unshudat al-Fu’ad, starring Nadra and Shaykh Zakariya Ahmad, then Al-Warda al-Bayda, starring Muhammad Abdel Wahhab.
- Midaq Alley (film 1963 starring Shadia, setting 1940s) Watch the film from 15:00.
- Samia Gamal and Tahia Carioca and 78sf
- 1960 Egyptian television
- late 1970s, 1980s and 90s: cassettes, CDs; Ali Hamida
- 2000s: satellite, internet and mobile distribution
Shifts in representation of women: the male gaze in music, veiling and unveiling...
- Almaz and Abdu al-Hamuli [3][4] with accompanying text.
- Umm Kulthum
- Samia Gamal[5]
- Ruby
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)