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Palestinian Arab music : a Maqām tradition in practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Dalia
Other Authors: Katz, Ruth, 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Series:Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.
Subjects:
Songs, Arab > Israel > History and criticism.
Maqām.
Palestinian Arabs > Israel > Music > History and criticism.
Folk music > Israel > History and criticism.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The research topic, problems, objectives, and the tradition studied
  • The performing group
  • Pitch and the maqamat
  • Rhythm and structure
  • Melisma and style
  • The text
  • Musicopoetic frames
  • The performer's role in shaping the performance