MENAME assignments and class schedule 2012

Click here to download course outline for Fall 2012

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 review

Midterm quizzes are scheduled for October 11 (academic, 6:30 – 7:00; short answer and map quiz) and October 25 (demonstration of performance and aural competence, 6:30 – 7:30). No makeups will be allowed without a valid excuse. Final exam: November 29, 6:30 to 9:30, comprising two quizzes (academic and performance). No makeups will be allowed without a valid excuse.

Week 1: Sep 6

Maqam: Hijaz
Durub: wahda, maqsum, bamb

(see Theory section)

Lecture segment (6:30 to 7:00)

Course introduction

Rehearsal segment: (7:00 to 9:30)

Piece:

• Dulab Hijaz

Songs:

• Ah Ya Zayn (traditional; here performed by the celebrated Wadi al-Safi)

Week 2: Sep 13

Maqam: Bayyati
Durub: Sama`i, Sama`i Darij, Yuruk Sama`i

Homework

Remember homework is always due before class! You must submit reading reviews for each reading to me by email.

Read:

• Hearing the Music of the Middle East
• Performance of Arab Music in Twentieth-Century Egypt: Reconciling Authenticity and Contemporaneity

Browse: http://maqamworld.com, and Theory section of our website, especially for the maqam (Hijaz) and durub we introduced last week.

Lecture segment

Overview of tonal and rhythmic theory

Rehearsal

• al-Hilwa Di, by Sayyid Darwish and Badi` Khayri (Hijaz)
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• Ana Fintizarak, by Zakaria Ahmed and Bayram al-Tunisi (Hijaz)
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