Difference between revisions of "Outline of the history of music in the Arab world"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | * Pre-Islamic | + | * Pre-Islamic (to 622) |
| + | ** Arab consciousness not yet established | ||
* Early Islamic: rise of Great Tradition (to 750) | * Early Islamic: rise of Great Tradition (to 750) | ||
| − | ** Multicultural influences | + | ** Multicultural influences: Persian Sasanian, Byzantine, Syrian, Egyptian... |
** Rise of Arab consciousness and expansion of Arab character | ** Rise of Arab consciousness and expansion of Arab character | ||
* Abbasid and Andalusian "golden age" of Great Tradition (750-900) | * Abbasid and Andalusian "golden age" of Great Tradition (750-900) | ||
** Increased Persian influence | ** Increased Persian influence | ||
** Decline in Arab character | ** Decline in Arab character | ||
| + | ** Increase in Islamicate character | ||
* Fragmentation and decline of Arabic-speaking powers; "decline" (from late 9th c) | * Fragmentation and decline of Arabic-speaking powers; "decline" (from late 9th c) | ||
| − | ** Berbers | + | ** Rise of non-Arabic speaking dynasties |
| − | ** Turks | + | *** Berbers |
| − | ** Persians | + | *** Turks |
| + | *** Persians | ||
** Contraction of "Arab" | ** Contraction of "Arab" | ||
| − | * | + | * Gradual divergence of regional art music tarab traditions, linked to Great Tradition |
** Arabic-speaking world | ** Arabic-speaking world | ||
| − | ** North Africa | + | *** North Africa |
| − | ** Egypt | + | *** Egypt |
| − | ** Levant | + | *** Levant |
| − | ** Iraq | + | *** Iraq |
| − | ** Arabia | + | *** Arabia |
** Turkic world | ** Turkic world | ||
** Persianate world | ** Persianate world | ||
Revision as of 00:49, 23 January 2008
- Pre-Islamic (to 622)
- Arab consciousness not yet established
- Early Islamic: rise of Great Tradition (to 750)
- Multicultural influences: Persian Sasanian, Byzantine, Syrian, Egyptian...
- Rise of Arab consciousness and expansion of Arab character
- Abbasid and Andalusian "golden age" of Great Tradition (750-900)
- Increased Persian influence
- Decline in Arab character
- Increase in Islamicate character
- Fragmentation and decline of Arabic-speaking powers; "decline" (from late 9th c)
- Rise of non-Arabic speaking dynasties
- Berbers
- Turks
- Persians
- Contraction of "Arab"
- Rise of non-Arabic speaking dynasties
- Gradual divergence of regional art music tarab traditions, linked to Great Tradition
- Arabic-speaking world
- North Africa
- Egypt
- Levant
- Iraq
- Arabia
- Turkic world
- Persianate world
- Arabic-speaking world
- Rise of Arab nationalism, recording era, economy of music (1900)
- Reclamation of an "Arab" heritage
- "Old" art music labelled as Arabic "al-turath al-`arabi al-qadim" (old Arab heritage)
- Influence of radio, film, commodification, western music
- New modern music: mediated tarab
- Few media producers/channels, centralized -> rise of pan-Arab music (top-down, Cairo-centered)
- Rise of cassette tape, greater private sector freedom (1970s)
- Explosion of decentralized producers/channels with limited distribution
- decline of pan-Arab music
- Rise of new mass media (satellite TV, mobile phone, Internet) (1990s)
