"The Voice of Egypt" – Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century : Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
ISBN-10
0226136124
ISBN-13
9780226136127
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
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University of Chicago Press
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US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 5th, 1998
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
460 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 2.10 cms
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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.
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 personality helped form popular culture and contributed to the broader artistic, societal and political forces surrounding her.
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