The Arab avant-garde: music, politics, modernity
by Harbert, Benjamin J., Dickinson, Kay
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From jazz trumpeters drawing on the noises of warfare in Beirut to female heavy metallers in Alexandria, the Arab culture offers a wealth of exciting, challenging, and diverse musics. The essays in this collection investigate the plethora of compositional and improvisational tec…
The first in-depth study of diverse and radical innovation in Arab music.
"From jazz trumpeters drawing on the noises of warfare in Beirut to female heavy metallers in Alexandria, the Arab culture offers a wealth of exciting, challenging, and diverse musics. The essays in this collection investigate the plethora of compositional and improvisational te…
The author presents an in-depth study of diverse and radical innovation in Arab music.
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