Difference between revisions of "Outline of the history of music in the Arab world"
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| − | + | * '''Pre-Islamic (to 622)''' | |
** Arab consciousness not yet established | ** Arab consciousness not yet established | ||
* Early Islamic: rise of Great Tradition (to 750) | * Early Islamic: rise of Great Tradition (to 750) | ||
** Multicultural influences: Persian Sasanian, Byzantine, Syrian, Egyptian... | ** 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)''' | |
** Multicultural society | ** Multicultural society | ||
** Increased Persian influence | ** Increased Persian influence | ||
** Decline in Arab character | ** Decline in Arab character | ||
** Increase in Islamicate character | ** Increase in Islamicate character | ||
| − | * | + | * '''Political fragmentation''' (from late 9th c) |
| + | ** Decline of Arabic-speaking powers | ||
** Rise of non-Arabic speaking dynasties | ** Rise of non-Arabic speaking dynasties | ||
| − | |||
*** Turks | *** Turks | ||
*** Persians | *** Persians | ||
| + | *** Berbers | ||
| + | *** Circassian Mamlukes | ||
| + | ** Destruction of Baghdad (1258) | ||
| + | ** Foreign domination of Cairo | ||
| + | ** Reconquista (Christian reconquest of Spain, completed 1492) | ||
** Contraction of "Arab" | ** Contraction of "Arab" | ||
| − | * Gradual divergence of regional art music tarab traditions | + | * Emergence of regional art music traditions (esp. after 13th c) |
| + | ** Gradual divergence from Great Tradition, and development of regional art music tarab traditions | ||
** Arabic-speaking world | ** Arabic-speaking world | ||
| − | *** North Africa | + | *** North Africa (influence of Andalusia) |
*** Egypt | *** Egypt | ||
*** Levant | *** Levant | ||
*** Iraq | *** Iraq | ||
*** Arabia | *** Arabia | ||
| − | ** Turkic world | + | ** Turkic world (Ottomans) |
| − | ** Persianate world | + | ** Persianate world (Safavids, Qajars) |
| − | * Rise of Arab nationalism, recording era, economy of music | + | * Rise of "turath" and pan-Arab music (1900+) |
| − | ** Reclamation of an "Arab" heritage | + | ** Factors: Arab nationalism, recording era, economy of music |
| + | ** Reclamation of an "Arab" heritage, despite regional diversity | ||
** "Old" art music labelled as Arabic "al-turath al-`arabi al-qadim" (old Arab heritage) | ** "Old" art music labelled as Arabic "al-turath al-`arabi al-qadim" (old Arab heritage) | ||
** Influence of radio, film, commodification, western music | ** Influence of radio, film, commodification, western music | ||
| − | ** | + | ** Rise of a new modern music: mediated tarab, via films, radio, later TV |
| − | ** Few media producers/channels, centralized | + | ** Few media producers/channels, centralized |
| − | * | + | ** Therefore: appearance of pan-Arab music (top-down, Cairo-centered), inducing ideological pan-Arabism |
| + | * Appearance of cassette tape, greater private sector freedom (1970s) | ||
** Explosion of decentralized producers/channels with limited distribution | ** Explosion of decentralized producers/channels with limited distribution | ||
** decline of pan-Arab music | ** decline of pan-Arab music | ||
| − | * Rise of new mass media ( | + | * Rise of new mass media (1990s) |
| − | ** | + | ** Satellite TV, mobile phone, Internet |
| + | ** Private ownership | ||
| + | ** Distributed ownership | ||
| + | ** Return of pan-Arab music, inducing emergent pan-Arabism | ||
Revision as of 00:59, 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)
- Multicultural society
- Increased Persian influence
- Decline in Arab character
- Increase in Islamicate character
- Political fragmentation (from late 9th c)
- Decline of Arabic-speaking powers
- Rise of non-Arabic speaking dynasties
- Turks
- Persians
- Berbers
- Circassian Mamlukes
- Destruction of Baghdad (1258)
- Foreign domination of Cairo
- Reconquista (Christian reconquest of Spain, completed 1492)
- Contraction of "Arab"
- Emergence of regional art music traditions (esp. after 13th c)
- Gradual divergence from Great Tradition, and development of regional art music tarab traditions
- Arabic-speaking world
- North Africa (influence of Andalusia)
- Egypt
- Levant
- Iraq
- Arabia
- Turkic world (Ottomans)
- Persianate world (Safavids, Qajars)
- Rise of "turath" and pan-Arab music (1900+)
- Factors: Arab nationalism, recording era, economy of music
- Reclamation of an "Arab" heritage, despite regional diversity
- "Old" art music labelled as Arabic "al-turath al-`arabi al-qadim" (old Arab heritage)
- Influence of radio, film, commodification, western music
- Rise of a new modern music: mediated tarab, via films, radio, later TV
- Few media producers/channels, centralized
- Therefore: appearance of pan-Arab music (top-down, Cairo-centered), inducing ideological pan-Arabism
- Appearance 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 (1990s)
- Satellite TV, mobile phone, Internet
- Private ownership
- Distributed ownership
- Return of pan-Arab music, inducing emergent pan-Arabism
