ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Arabic Music, Buzuq, Mashriq

• School: UCLA
• Department: Ethnomusicology
• Course: ETHNOMUS 25
• Professor: J E S S E D.R U S K I N

Document Summary

L e c t u r e 1 0. Voice of egypt: umm kulthum (some might classify it under arab classical music) Egypt as a nation as it got free from the british power. Cosmopolitan as well as more traditional ideas coming out of arabic poetry and western orchestra. How can one person come and represent a whole nation (idea of nationalism) Problem with the world: middle east (middle of what? in- troduced by european interests ~the british) Came to signify the strategic importance of oil. Historical relationship of arab & islamic cultures (badeau) Tribal groups of that region who were eventually uni- Five processes shaping arab music (racy: contact with assimilated cultures, contact with the classical past (greeks, contact with the medieval west, ottoman turkish rule, contact with the modern west. Arabic language (voice"s ability to convey this holy language) Instruments/ensemble types ( ud, gonun, buzuq, tablak, rigg, sajat)