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050 00 $aML348$b.R33 2003
100 1 $aRacy, Ali Jihad.
245 10 $aMaking music in the Arab world :$bthe culture and artistry of ṭarab /$cA.J. Racy.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2003.
300 $axiv, 248 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aCambridge Middle East studies ;$v17
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Culture -- Performance -- Music -- Saltanah -- Lyrics -- Tarab in perspective.
520 1 $a"In this pioneering study on music in the Arab world, A.J. Racy provides an intimate portrayal of the Arab musical experience and offers insights into how music generally affects us all. The focus is tarab, a multifacted concept that has no exact equivalent in English and refers to both the indigenous music and the ecstatic feeling associated with it. Richly documented, the book examines various aspects of the musical craft, including the basic learning processes, how musicians become inspired, the love lyrics as tools of ecstasy, the relationship between performers and listeners, and the influence of technological mediation and globalization. Racy also probes a variety of world musical and ecstatic contexts and analyses theoretical paradigms from other related disciplines. Written in a lucid style, Making Music in the Arab World will engage the general reader as well as the specialist."--Jacket.
650 0 $aMusic$zArab countries$xPhilosophy and aesthetics.
650 0 $aMusic$xPsychological aspects.
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