Difference between revisions of "Critique of "Arab music" history"
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| − | * Touma's | + | * Touma's tends to project contemporary Arab nationalism into the past) |
| − | * My reading of "Arab music" | + | * My reading of "Arab music": |
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| + | ** Arab self-consciousness rises with Islam. | ||
| + | ** So does multiculturalism, esp. Persian influence. | ||
| + | ** Irony: concept of al-ghina' al-`arabi arises with Persian influence | ||
| + | ** True "Arab" music is pre-Islamic (Beduin ethos) | ||
| + | ** Islam tended to reject the non-Arab | ||
| + | ** Abbasid period was less Arab, more Persian | ||
| + | ** Rise of musta`riba (Arabized) class. | ||
| + | ** Ethnicity is ambiguous. Islamization, Arabization vs. lineage and region. | ||
| + | ** Is Abbasid culture really Arab? Multiculturalism, on an more equal footing. | ||
| + | ** Ambiguous ethnicity (e.g. al-Farabi himself) | ||
| + | ** Universalism in treatises (e.g. al-Farabi) | ||
| + | ** Andalusia: likewise multicultural. | ||
| + | ** "Arab singing" tends to mean Beduin. | ||
| + | ** Later Abbasid period: Persian and Arabic singing share a single musical tonal system. | ||
| + | ** Eclipse (1258-1800). Ibn Khaldun: "Arab" is pejorative, or primitive culture. | ||
Revision as of 16:33, 15 January 2008
- Touma's tends to project contemporary Arab nationalism into the past)
- My reading of "Arab music":
- Arab self-consciousness rises with Islam.
- So does multiculturalism, esp. Persian influence.
- Irony: concept of al-ghina' al-`arabi arises with Persian influence
- True "Arab" music is pre-Islamic (Beduin ethos)
- Islam tended to reject the non-Arab
- Abbasid period was less Arab, more Persian
- Rise of musta`riba (Arabized) class.
- Ethnicity is ambiguous. Islamization, Arabization vs. lineage and region.
- Is Abbasid culture really Arab? Multiculturalism, on an more equal footing.
- Ambiguous ethnicity (e.g. al-Farabi himself)
- Universalism in treatises (e.g. al-Farabi)
- Andalusia: likewise multicultural.
- "Arab singing" tends to mean Beduin.
- Later Abbasid period: Persian and Arabic singing share a single musical tonal system.
- Eclipse (1258-1800). Ibn Khaldun: "Arab" is pejorative, or primitive culture.
