MofA Week 2: The history of Arab music & the construction of “Arab music” ("al-musiqa al-`arabiyya")

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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)

Racy on tarab

Typology

Typology of Music of the Arab World

Films

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