Difference between revisions of "MofA Week 2: The history of Arab music & the construction of “Arab music” ("al-musiqa al-`arabiyya")"
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= Some concepts we've discussed this week = | = Some concepts we've discussed this week = | ||
| − | * emic/etic | + | * emic/etic distinction |
* ethnocentrism | * ethnocentrism | ||
* Orientalism | * Orientalism | ||
| − | * Hornbostel-Sachs system for classifying musical instruments | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs Hornbostel-Sachs] system for classifying musical instruments |
* 'Microtones', 'quartertones', equal temperament | * 'Microtones', 'quartertones', equal temperament | ||
| + | * 'Arab' | ||
= Sources = | = Sources = | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 14 September 2010
To do
- Review course outline
- SC papers - ex: Touma
- Continue week 1 materials...."What is ethnomusicology of the Arab world?"
- Empirical investigations (audio and video recordings)
- Some history...
- Practicum - Rast, maqamworld.com
Some concepts we've discussed this week
- emic/etic distinction
- ethnocentrism
- Orientalism
- Hornbostel-Sachs system for classifying musical instruments
- 'Microtones', 'quartertones', equal temperament
- 'Arab'
Sources
Islamicate timelines and periods
The history of Islamicate music (as presented by Touma)
Critique of "Arab music" history (as presented by Touma and others)
