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 Eterm 2022 AN299 and ARB 299 Arabic Musical Cultures Syllabus |
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history of arabic music Revised January 2022 |
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| Week 1: Required Readings and Videos |
Al-Fārābī and the Role of Arabic Music Theory in the Latin Middle Ages |
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The Philosophy of Music by Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi by Said Daukeyeva. |
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The Maqam Article by Farraj and Abu Shumays |
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From Greek to Arabic Philosophy |
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Arabic Musical Cultures Background 1 |
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 Video: "What is Maqam?" by Sami Abu Shumays (Chapter 17) |
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"Hit the Road Jack in Arabic Scales" |
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Arab Aesthetics video |
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| Week 2: Required Readings and Videos |
Interpreting Stories of the Kitab al Aghani A Gender Based Approach |
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The Book of Singing Girls by Al Jahiz |
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Ghazali on music and singing |
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Leila Mourad, Hayranah Leeh? |
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Mohamed Abdelwahab, Ya Babour |
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Umm Kulthum, Al Hubbi Kullu |
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Hakim, Ma Takhudhshi 3la Kidah |
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Class Handout on Farabi and Isfahani |
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Handout on Jahiz and Ghazali |
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Poems by Rabia of al Basrah |
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Ibn Sina and Al-Ghazali |
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| Week 3: Required Readings and Videos |
Andalusian Nuba Jewish Music Research Centre |
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Abu Nuwas (2) |
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Dhafer Youssef's singing the wine poem of Abu Nuwas (Khamriyat) |
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Documentary: Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt |
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Interview with Umm Kulthum, with English subtitles |
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The Hadrah (Sufi chants of Tunisia) |
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The Dance of Boussaadiyyah |
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Francesco Martinelli's "Survivals from Arabic in Blues Texts" |
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Jonathan Curiel's "Muslim Roots, U.S. Blues" |
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Hallaj |
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allahu akbar muslim call to prayer1 |
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Levee Camp Holler |
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Arabic African Slave Narratives ACS November 17, 2020 |
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Listening for al Andalus |
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Cantigas Santa Maria |
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Aissa Ben Mariem (Jesus son of Mary) Sufi Chant |
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Islam and the Blues |
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| Music Workshops: Texts of the songs & Videos |
Recording of Helwa Di by Lamia |
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Al Helwa Di Text in Transliteration for Singing |
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| Optional Readings |
07Isgandarova-MusicInIslamicSpiritualCare |
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Making the Great Book of Songs |
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the-wine-song-in-classical-arabic-poetry-abu-nuwas-and-the-literary-tradition-philip-f-kennedy |
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