Palestinian Arab music: a Maqam tradition in practice/
Cohen, Dalia.
Palestinian Arab music: a Maqam tradition in practice/ Dalia Cohen and Ruth Katz. - Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. - xi, 518 p.; ill. ; 24 cm.
Chapter 1. The Research Topic, Problems, Objectives, and the Tradition Studied
1.1. On Studying the Practice of an Oral Tradition
1.2. The Group and Its Tradition
Chapter 2. The Performing Group
2.1. Theoretical Considerations
2.2. Variables That Affect Performance
2.3. Brief Biographical Sketch of a Creative Performer
Chapter 3. Pitch and the Maqamat
3.1. Intonation
3.2. Collections of Notes
3.3. The Functions of Important Notes
3.4. Melodic Intervals
3.5. Range
3.6. Motives
3.7. The Phrase Unit
3.8. Summary: A Comparison of the Maqamat by Pitch Factors
Chapter 4. Rhythm and Structure
4.1. Duration
4.2. Density Tempo
4.3. Beat and Tempo
4.4. Meter
4.5. Form
4.6. Summary
Chapter 5. Melisma and Style
5.1. On the Nature of Melismata
5.2. Studying Melismata: Methods, Examples, and Findings
5.3. Summary
Chapter 6. The Text
6.1. General Characteristics of the Texts Examined
6.2. The Main Structural Components of the Text: Poetic Meter and Rhyme
6.3. Summary
Chapter 7. Musicopoetic Frames
7.1. Theoretical Background
7.2. Findings
7.3. Summary
Chapter 8. The Performer's Role in Shaping the Performance
8.1. The Effect of Types of Performers on Some Significant Musical Components
8.2. The Boundaries of Creativity in Folk Tradition: The Individual Performer
0226112993
Songs, Arabic--History and criticism.--Israel
Palestinian Arabs--History and criticism.--Israel
782.42162927405694 / COH/P
Palestinian Arab music: a Maqam tradition in practice/ Dalia Cohen and Ruth Katz. - Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. - xi, 518 p.; ill. ; 24 cm.
Chapter 1. The Research Topic, Problems, Objectives, and the Tradition Studied
1.1. On Studying the Practice of an Oral Tradition
1.2. The Group and Its Tradition
Chapter 2. The Performing Group
2.1. Theoretical Considerations
2.2. Variables That Affect Performance
2.3. Brief Biographical Sketch of a Creative Performer
Chapter 3. Pitch and the Maqamat
3.1. Intonation
3.2. Collections of Notes
3.3. The Functions of Important Notes
3.4. Melodic Intervals
3.5. Range
3.6. Motives
3.7. The Phrase Unit
3.8. Summary: A Comparison of the Maqamat by Pitch Factors
Chapter 4. Rhythm and Structure
4.1. Duration
4.2. Density Tempo
4.3. Beat and Tempo
4.4. Meter
4.5. Form
4.6. Summary
Chapter 5. Melisma and Style
5.1. On the Nature of Melismata
5.2. Studying Melismata: Methods, Examples, and Findings
5.3. Summary
Chapter 6. The Text
6.1. General Characteristics of the Texts Examined
6.2. The Main Structural Components of the Text: Poetic Meter and Rhyme
6.3. Summary
Chapter 7. Musicopoetic Frames
7.1. Theoretical Background
7.2. Findings
7.3. Summary
Chapter 8. The Performer's Role in Shaping the Performance
8.1. The Effect of Types of Performers on Some Significant Musical Components
8.2. The Boundaries of Creativity in Folk Tradition: The Individual Performer
0226112993
Songs, Arabic--History and criticism.--Israel
Palestinian Arabs--History and criticism.--Israel
782.42162927405694 / COH/P