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Revision as of 14:20, 14 September 2010
To do this week
- Review course outline, books, requirements (continuing with where Week 1 left off...)
- Continue week 1 materials...."What is ethnomusicology of the Arab world?" (what is the Arab world? who is an Arab? what is Arab music?...)
- Some history...
- What is an SC paper? - ex: Touma (critical reading & analysis, together...)
- Some empirical investigations (audio and video recordings)
- Film: Dananeer
- Practicum - Rast, maqamworld.com
Some concepts we've introduced
- emic/etic distinction
- ethnocentrism
- Orientalism
- Hornbostel-Sachs system for classifying musical instruments
- 'Microtones', 'quartertones' (see www.maqamworld.com), equal temperament, frequency ratios
- 'Arab' (people, music)
History
Islamicate timelines and periods
The history of Islamicate music (as presented by Touma)
Critique
Critique of "Arab music" history (as presented by Touma and others)
Typology
Typology of Music of the Arab World
Films
- Umm Kulthum in Dananeer. Songs from the film: [1][2][3][4]
- An Art of Living (on Ziryab in Cordoba)
