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The Garland encyclopedia of world music. Vol. 6 Middle East
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- Book Synopsis
- Expert writers present the major traditions of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, together with personal accounts of performers, composers, teachers, and ceremonies. A special feature of this volume is the inclusion of dozens of brief snap-shot essays that offer "lifestories" of typical musicmakers and their art, as well as first-person descriptions of specific music performances and events. Also includes maps and music examples.
- About The Author
- Virginia Danielson is Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Librarian at Harvard University and author of The Voice of Egypt: UmmKulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in theTwentieth Century (1997). Scott Marcus is Associate Professor of Music at the UC Santa Barbara. DwightReynolds is Professor of Religion at UC Santa Barbara and author of Heroic Poets, Heroic Heroes: The Ethnography ofPerformance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition (1995).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780824060428
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Routledge, (17 January 2002)
- Number of Pages
- 1182
- Weight
- 2400 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 280 x 288 x 64 mm
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