Ethnomusicology of the Arab World - Resources
Contents
Arab world reference - Wiki pages
Arab world reference materials (including Timelines, Maps, and Map Quizzes, as well as some Music materials)
Arab music reference materials
Relevant library materials
For your own research:
General library searches to try:
Bibliographies:
- Arab music in western research: a bibliography of books and articles written in Western languages on the music of the Arab countries.
- General bibliographies
Library databases that will be most useful in this course:
- Jstor
- Index Islamicus
- Oxford Music Online
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
- Index Islamicus
- Encyclopedia of Islam
- Web of Science
General audio and video databases: see http://cce.ualberta.ca
See http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/arts_guides - especially the guide for music. To find the above turn to the databases section.
Books online:
- Danielson - the Voice of Egypt
- Touma - Music of the Arabs. Also note the Touma audio examples online.
- Shiloah - Music in the World of Islam (not all of it, but much of it)
- Frishkopf - Music and Media in the Arab World
Audio series:
- Music of Islam, see volumes 1 (Cairo), 3 (Nubia), 4 (Arabian peninsula), 5 (Aissaoua of Marrakesh), 6 (Gnawa), 7 (Andalus).
Notes on using Jstor from off-campus
The following lists of multimedia resources include nearly everything available in our library; call numbers are provided.
Venues (for possible ethnographic research)
Arab music performance venues in Edmonton
Research and writing
Tips for preparing your research paper
