Difference between revisions of "Outline of the history of music in the Arab world"
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− | * '''Pre-Islamic (to 622)''' | + | * '''Pre-Islamic period (jahiliyya) (to 622)''' |
** Arab consciousness not yet established | ** Arab consciousness not yet established | ||
− | * Early Islamic: rise of Great Tradition (to 750) | + | ** Music of Arabic-speakers: poetry-centric, localized |
+ | * '''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 | ||
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** Multicultural society | ** Multicultural society | ||
** Increased Persian influence | ** Increased Persian influence | ||
− | ** Decline in Arab character | + | ** Decline in Arab character and identity |
− | ** Increase in Islamicate character | + | ** Increase in Islamicate character and identity |
* '''Political fragmentation (from late 9th c)''' | * '''Political fragmentation (from late 9th c)''' | ||
** Decline of Arabic-speaking powers | ** Decline of Arabic-speaking powers | ||
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** Gradual divergence from Great Tradition, and development of regional art music tarab traditions | ** Gradual divergence from Great Tradition, and development of regional art music tarab traditions | ||
** Arabic-speaking world | ** Arabic-speaking world | ||
− | *** North Africa (influence of Andalusia) | + | *** North Africa (influence of Andalusia) = maghrib (vs. eastern areas = mashriq) |
− | *** Egypt | + | *** Egypt |
*** Levant | *** Levant | ||
*** Iraq | *** Iraq | ||
− | *** Arabia | + | *** Arabia/Gulf |
** Turkic world (Ottomans) | ** Turkic world (Ottomans) | ||
** Persianate world (Safavids, Qajars) | ** Persianate world (Safavids, Qajars) | ||
− | * Rise of "turath" and pan-Arab music (1900+) | + | * '''Rise of "turath" and pan-Arab music (1900+)''' |
** Factors: Arab nationalism, recording era, economy of music | ** Factors: Arab nationalism, recording era, economy of music | ||
** Reclamation of an "Arab" heritage, despite regional diversity | ** Reclamation of an "Arab" heritage, despite regional diversity | ||
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** Few media producers/channels, centralized | ** Few media producers/channels, centralized | ||
** Therefore: appearance of pan-Arab music (top-down, Cairo-centered), inducing ideological pan-Arabism | ** Therefore: appearance of pan-Arab music (top-down, Cairo-centered), inducing ideological pan-Arabism | ||
− | * Appearance of cassette tape, greater private sector freedom (1970s) | + | * '''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 (1990s) | + | * '''Rise of new mass media (1990s)''' |
** Satellite TV, mobile phone, Internet | ** Satellite TV, mobile phone, Internet | ||
** Private ownership | ** Private ownership | ||
** Distributed ownership | ** Distributed ownership | ||
** Return of pan-Arab music, inducing emergent pan-Arabism | ** Return of pan-Arab music, inducing emergent pan-Arabism |
Latest revision as of 10:31, 20 September 2014
- Pre-Islamic period (jahiliyya) (to 622)
- Arab consciousness not yet established
- Music of Arabic-speakers: poetry-centric, localized
- 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 and identity
- Increase in Islamicate character and identity
- 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) = maghrib (vs. eastern areas = mashriq)
- Egypt
- Levant
- Iraq
- Arabia/Gulf
- 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