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22%OFFVirginia Danielson - The Voice of Egypt - 9780226136127 - V9780226136127
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The Voice of Egypt

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Description for The Voice of Egypt Paperback. Umm Kulthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her success in a society which discouraged women from public performance. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps, 16 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AVGH; BGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Umm Kuthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her popularity in a society which discouraged women from public performance. The text examines the careful construction of Kulthum's popularity; from childhood her mentors honed her abilities to accord with Arab and Muslim practice, but ultimately, she created her own idiom from local precedents and traditions, and developed original song styles from both populist and neo-classical traditions. Danielson seeks to show how Umm Kulthum's music and public ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Condition
New
Weight
498g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226136127
SKU
V9780226136127
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