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This term assignments for credit students center on music of Egypt and environs. | This term assignments for credit students center on music of Egypt and environs. |
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Assignments for Fall 2012 credit students
This term assignments for credit students center on music of Egypt and environs.
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 report
The midterm quiz will cover all readings through Oct 4, in short answer format. The midterm practicum will cover your abilities in modes, rhythms, instrumental pieces, and songs introduced through Oct 18. The final exam will cover the same over the entire term.
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, 6:30 - 7:00)
- 7 Week 7: Oct 18
- 8 Week 8: Oct 25 (Midterm practicum, 6:30 - 7:00)
- 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: Introduction to the course
Rehearsal segment:
Piece: Hijaz Songs: Ah Ya Zayn, il-hilwa di, Ana fintizarak
Week 2: Sep 13
Homework due today:
- Hearing the Music of the Middle East
- Performance of Arab Music in Twentieth-Century Egypt: Reconciling Authenticity and Contemporaneity
In class: overview of maqam and iqa` 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, 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 practicum, 6:30 - 7:00)
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