Difference between revisions of "Typology of Music of the Arab World"
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| − | MAW: a typology | + | '''MAW: a typology of music since ~1900''' |
| − | typologies of MAW are only feasible in the Age of Recording (i.e. ~1904 and thereafter) | + | NB: typologies of MAW are only feasible in the Age of Recording (i.e. ~1904 and thereafter) |
| − | * urban turath (qadim): art or elite music (by region: maghrib, sham, Egypt, Iraq, Arabia). Late 19th c to the 1920s. Diverse. | + | * urban turath (qadim): art or elite music (by region: maghrib, sham, Egypt, Iraq, Arabia). Late 19th c to the 1920s. Diverse. Often considered to be continuous with medieval tradition, though evidence for degree of similarities is lacking. |
* post-turath popular tarab (by region) (jadid): western and media influence. 1930s to 1970s. Convergence across AT. | * post-turath popular tarab (by region) (jadid): western and media influence. 1930s to 1970s. Convergence across AT. | ||
* mainstream popular media musics (by region, genre): western influence. Convergence (musical sharing) and divergence (local production). Exist in and through media to an unprecedented degree; decline of live performance (studio musics, multitracking). | * mainstream popular media musics (by region, genre): western influence. Convergence (musical sharing) and divergence (local production). Exist in and through media to an unprecedented degree; decline of live performance (studio musics, multitracking). | ||
Revision as of 17:55, 15 January 2008
MAW: a typology of music since ~1900
NB: typologies of MAW are only feasible in the Age of Recording (i.e. ~1904 and thereafter)
- urban turath (qadim): art or elite music (by region: maghrib, sham, Egypt, Iraq, Arabia). Late 19th c to the 1920s. Diverse. Often considered to be continuous with medieval tradition, though evidence for degree of similarities is lacking.
- post-turath popular tarab (by region) (jadid): western and media influence. 1930s to 1970s. Convergence across AT.
- mainstream popular media musics (by region, genre): western influence. Convergence (musical sharing) and divergence (local production). Exist in and through media to an unprecedented degree; decline of live performance (studio musics, multitracking).
- folk/folkloric music (rural, beduin, lower-class urban; by region). Little unity across region.
- dance music and dance (whether "folk" or "urban")
- religious music (Islam, churches) - typically the Arabic word "musiqa" is not used
- alt-Arab: the musical avant-garde, usually creative fusions of Arab and Western.
- music of non-Arabic communities in Arab world (AS – A)
- music of border zones (edges of AT)
- music of the diaspora (AW – AT)
- Arab "world music"
- Western music (pop, jazz, classical)
