Making Music in the Arab World
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Making Music in the Arab World – The Culture and Artistry of Tarab – A. J. Racy
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LebanonPostcard presents the book Making Music in the Arab World – The Culture and Artistry of Tarab – A. J. Racy – Cambridge Softcover book (Used but still in good condition), 23×15.5 cm, 251 pages – 2003
A. J. Racy is well known as a scholar of ethnomusicology and as a distinguished performer and composer. In this pioneering study on music in the Arab world, he provides an intimate portrayal of the Arab musical experience and offers insights into how music generally affects us all. The focus is tarab, a multifaceted 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.
“This book has exceptional authority because Racy is one of the top (and much-recorded) performers of Arabic music in the US as well as an internationally recognized scholar…. No other book addresses this subject this way or so broadly. Essential.”
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“…a major contribution to studies in English on Arab music, and adds eminently to his earlier scholarly articles on this subject published in monographs and specialised journals….a must read for specialists and a very interesting book for the general reader.”
Digest of Middle East Studies
A. J. Racy is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and one of the leading experts on music in the Arab world.
Cover illustration: Early recording artist Shaykh Yusuf al-Manyalawi (1847-1911), front center, and his takht ensemble, with a phonograph in the background. To the front right is Muhammad al-Aqqād (Sr.) with his qanun, which used no tuning levers; to the front left is Ibrahim Sahlun holding a Stroh violin, which was specially designed for acoustic recording. A publicity photo.
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