The Music of Central Asia, Ebook 2 (eBook)

Theodore Levin, Saida Daukeyeva, Elmira Köchümkulova (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-02922-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This beautiful and informative enhanced ebook-so comprehensive it had to be split into two volumes, ebook 1 and ebook 2-offers a detailed introduction to the musical heritage of Central Asia for readers and listeners worldwide. Music of Central Asia balances "e;insider"e; and "e;outsider"e; perspectives with contributions by 27 authors from 14 countries. This stunning electronic book allows readers the opportunity to deeply engage with source material through over 180 embedded audio and video, pop-up study questions, transliterations and translations of performed texts, and direct links to the companion website (www.musicofcentralasia.org). The audio and video examples include transliterations and translations of the performed texts and a follow-along feature highlights the song lyrics in the text, as the audio samples play. This generously illustrated book is supplemented with boxes and sidebars, musician profiles, and an illustrated glossary of musical instruments, making it an indispensable resource for both general readers and specialists.Ebook 1 includes part I, "e;Music and Culture in Central Asia,"e; an introductory overview of the music and musical instruments of Central Asia, and part II, "e;The Nomadic World,"e; which focuses on music and musical life in historically nomadic regions of Central Asia. Ebook 2 contains part III, "e;The World of Sedentary Dwellers,"e; which focuses on music and musical life in historically settled regions of Central Asia, and part IV, "e;Central Asian Music in the Age of Globalization,"e; which addresses "e;the future of the past,"e; focusing on cultural revitalization and renewal, tradition-based popular music, and contemporary music inspired but not constrained by tradition.

Autor

amp;lt;P>Theodore Levin currently serves as Senior Project Consultant to the Aga Khan Music Initiative and Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities at the University of Central Asia. He is the author of The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia (and Queens, New York) and Where Rivers and Mountains Sing: Sound, Music, and Nomadism in Tuva and Beyond.<BR>Saida Daukeyeva is a Kazakh music researcher and musician. She is author of Philosophy of Music by Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi.<BR>Elmira Köchümkulova is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Central Asia in Bishkek. She is author of Respect Graces the Living, Lamentation Graces the Dead": Kyrgyz Funeral Lamentations (in Kyrgyz), and Kyrgyz Herders of Soviet Uzbekistan: Historical and Ethnographic Narratives, (in Kyrgyz and English).</P>

Inhalt

<P>Preface<BR>Acknowledgments<BR>Accessing Music Examples<BR>A Note on Music Terminology<BR>Guide to Transliteration<BR>Timeline of Central Asian History</P><P>Ebook 1<BR>Part I: Music and Culture in Central Asia<BR>1. Music in Central Asia: An Overview / Theodore Levin<BR>2. Musical Instruments in Central Asia / Theodore Levin<BR>Part II: The Nomadic World<BR>Prologue: Who Are the Nomads of Central Asia? / Theodore Levin<BR>3. Introduction to Oral Epic / Elmira Köchümkulova<BR>4. The Epic Manas / Elmira Köchümkulova<BR>5. Oral Epic in Kazakhstan: Körughly and a Dynasty of Great Jyraus / Uljan Baibosynova<BR>6. Music of the Karakalpaks<BR> Part I: The Epic World of the Karakalpaks: Jyrau and Baqsy / Frédéric Léotar<BR> Part II: Qyssakhan: Performer of Written and Oral Literature / Kalmurza Kurbanov and Saida Daukeyeva<BR>7. The Art of the Turkmen Bagshy / Jamilya Gurbanova<BR>8. The Turkmen Dutar / David Fossum<BR>9. Kyrgyz Wisdom Songs: Terme Yrlary / Elmira Köchümkulova<BR>10. Aqyns and Improvised-Poetry Competitions among the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz / Elmira Köchümkulova and Jangül Qojakhmetova<BR>11. Singing Traditions of the Kazakhs / Saida Daukeyeva<BR>12. Kyrgyz Funeral Laments / Elmira Köchümkulova<BR>13. Kyrgyz Wedding Songs / Elmira Köchümkulova<BR>14. Narrative Instrumental Music: Kazakh Küi and Kyrgyz Küü / Sayra Raymbergenova and Nurlanbek Nyshanov<BR> Profile: Abdulhait Raiymbergenov / Theodore Levin<BR> Profile: Nurak Abdyrakhmanov / Elmira Köchümkulova<BR>15. Kyrgyz Jaw Harps / Nurlanbek Nyshanov<BR>16. The Kazakh Qobyz: Between Tradition and Modernity / Saida Daukeyeva<BR>17. Dombyra Performance, Migration, and Memory among Mongolian Kazakhs / Saida Daukeyeva</P><P>Ebook 2<BR>Part III: The World of Sedentary-Dwellers<BR>Prologue: Patterns of Culture: Sedentary-Dwellers / Theodore Levin<BR>18. Maqom Traditions of the Tajiks and Uzbeks / William Sumits and Theodore Levin<BR> Profile: The Academy of Maqom / Abduvali Abdurashidov<BR> Profile: Turgun Alimatov / Theodore Levin<BR>19. The Uyghur MuqaZ / Rachel Harris<BR>20. New Images of Azerbaijani Mugham in the Twentieth Century / Aida Huseynova<BR> Profile: Alim and Fargana Qasimov / Theodore Levin<BR>21. Popular Classics: Traditional Singer-Songwriters in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan / Theodore Levin<BR>22. Religious Music and Chant in the Culture of Sedentary-Dwellers / Aleksandr Djumaev<BR>23. Sufism and the Ceremony of Zikr in Ghulja / Mukaddas Mijit<BR>24. Dastan Performance among the Uyghurs / Rahile Dawut and Elise Anderson<BR>25. Female Musicians in Uzbekistan: Otin-oy, Dutarchi, and Maqomchi / Razia Sultanova<BR>26. Music in the City of Bukhara / Theodore Levin and Aleksandr Djumaev<BR> Profile: Ari Babakhanov / Aleksandr Djumaev<BR>27. Music and Culture in Badakhshan / Theodore Levin<BR>28. The Maddoh Tradition of Badakhshan / Benjamin Koen <BR> Music Example: Maddoh / Theodore Levin<BR>29. Qasoid-khonī in the Wakhan Valley of Badakhshan / Chorshanbe Goibnazarov<BR>30. Falak: Spiritual Songs of the Mountains Tajiks / Faroghat Azizi<BR>Part IV: Central Asian Music in the Age of Globalization<BR>31. Revitalizing Musical Traditions: The Aga Khan Music Initiative / Theodore Levin<BR> Nurturing Local Talent, Creating Global Connections / Fairouz Nishanova<BR> The Genesis of Rainbow / Theodore Levin<BR>32. Cultural Renewal in Kyrgyzstan: Neotraditionalism and the New Era in Kyrgyz Music / Raziya Syrdybaeva<BR>33. Popular Music in Uzbekistan / Kerstin Klenke<BR>34. Innovation in Tradition: Some Examples from Music and Theater in Uzbekistan / Aleksandr Djumaev<BR>35. Tradition-Based Popular Music in Contemporary Tajikistan / Federico Spinetti</P><P>Musical Instrument Glossary<BR>Glossary of Terms<BR>Inventory of Audio and Video Examples<BR>List of Contributors<BR>Index</P>

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 456 color illus.
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 200 x 200 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Asia • music
• ISBN-10: 0-253-02922-8 / 0253029228
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-02922-5 / 9780253029225