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Palestinian Arab music : a Maqām tradition in practice
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- Creator
- Dalia Cohen and Ruth Katz
- Format
- Books; Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- xi, 518 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 9780226112985, 0226112985, 9780226112992, 0226112993
- OCLC
- ocm56632372
- Accompanying CD contains performances of the songs presented in Appendix 1.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-508) and index.
- The research topic, problems, objectives, and the tradition studied -- The performing group -- Pitch and the maqāmāt -- Rhythm and structure -- Melisma and style -- The text -- Musicopoetic frames -- The performer's role in shaping the performance -- Appendix 1: A selection of twenty-eight songs representing the repertoire -- Appendix 2: The structure of the traditional village wedding -- Appendix 3: Research questionnaires -- Appendix 4: Poetic structure as a kind of musical regularity : a comparison of Arabic poetic traditions, the oral Palestinian, and the written medieval Spanish