The rhythmic theory developed by al-Fārābī remains relevant to the analysis of sung poetry in the... more The rhythmic theory developed by al-Fārābī remains relevant to the analysis of sung poetry in the contemporary Middle East, not least with respect to the question of how duration comes to be determined and the conception of verse as a constituent of melody (Arabic laḥn) in the fullest sense. This chapter reviews some of Fārābī’s concepts in relation to Christopher Hasty’s discussion of projective potential. Analysis of eight examples of sung verse in Persian and Khorasani Turkish focuses on coordination of tunes with rhythmic cycles associated with different types of poetic meter. I argue that the best analytical work on Persian traditional music, notably that of Dariush Talā’i, provides an excellent foundation for studies of Iran’s regional musics.
1 Walter Benjamin, "Der Autor als Produzent" (1934), in Versiiche iiber Brecht (Frankfu... more 1 Walter Benjamin, "Der Autor als Produzent" (1934), in Versiiche iiber Brecht (Frankfurt, 1966), pp. 95-116; English trans. by John Heckman in New Left Review, LXII, 1970, pp. 83-96. 2 The present essay was originally the introduction to an analysis of Ives's First ...
... The Azerbaijani musicologist Aida Huseynova summarizes a view that's widely accepted in ... more ... The Azerbaijani musicologist Aida Huseynova summarizes a view that's widely accepted in Azerbaijan when she writes that muğam opera, initiated in 1907 by the composer-theorist-educator Uzeir Hajibeyov, stimulated the birth of two more hybrid genres in 20th-century ...
Journal of the American Musicological Society, 1985
... Earlier versions of this material appeared in d'Ortigue's Dictionnaire liturgique, ... more ... Earlier versions of this material appeared in d'Ortigue's Dictionnaire liturgique, historique et thiorique de plain-chant et de musique d'iglise au moyen-age ... In the brief discussion of the relation between plainchant and harmony in Rameau's Traiti de l'harmonie (i 722), bias is not ...
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music, 2010
from "The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music" ed. Theodore Gracyk and Andrew K... more from "The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music" ed. Theodore Gracyk and Andrew Kania 2011
... Page 2. Page 3. Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History Page 4. Page 5. ... ISBN 0-252-06343... more ... Page 2. Page 3. Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History Page 4. Page 5. ... ISBN 0-252-06343-0 (alk. paper) 1. Ethnomusicology. I. Blum, Stephen. II. ...
The rhythmic theory developed by al-Fārābī remains relevant to the analysis of sung poetry in the... more The rhythmic theory developed by al-Fārābī remains relevant to the analysis of sung poetry in the contemporary Middle East, not least with respect to the question of how duration comes to be determined and the conception of verse as a constituent of melody (Arabic laḥn) in the fullest sense. This chapter reviews some of Fārābī’s concepts in relation to Christopher Hasty’s discussion of projective potential. Analysis of eight examples of sung verse in Persian and Khorasani Turkish focuses on coordination of tunes with rhythmic cycles associated with different types of poetic meter. I argue that the best analytical work on Persian traditional music, notably that of Dariush Talā’i, provides an excellent foundation for studies of Iran’s regional musics.
1 Walter Benjamin, "Der Autor als Produzent" (1934), in Versiiche iiber Brecht (Frankfu... more 1 Walter Benjamin, "Der Autor als Produzent" (1934), in Versiiche iiber Brecht (Frankfurt, 1966), pp. 95-116; English trans. by John Heckman in New Left Review, LXII, 1970, pp. 83-96. 2 The present essay was originally the introduction to an analysis of Ives's First ...
... The Azerbaijani musicologist Aida Huseynova summarizes a view that's widely accepted in ... more ... The Azerbaijani musicologist Aida Huseynova summarizes a view that's widely accepted in Azerbaijan when she writes that muğam opera, initiated in 1907 by the composer-theorist-educator Uzeir Hajibeyov, stimulated the birth of two more hybrid genres in 20th-century ...
Journal of the American Musicological Society, 1985
... Earlier versions of this material appeared in d'Ortigue's Dictionnaire liturgique, ... more ... Earlier versions of this material appeared in d'Ortigue's Dictionnaire liturgique, historique et thiorique de plain-chant et de musique d'iglise au moyen-age ... In the brief discussion of the relation between plainchant and harmony in Rameau's Traiti de l'harmonie (i 722), bias is not ...
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music, 2010
from "The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music" ed. Theodore Gracyk and Andrew K... more from "The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music" ed. Theodore Gracyk and Andrew Kania 2011
... Page 2. Page 3. Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History Page 4. Page 5. ... ISBN 0-252-06343... more ... Page 2. Page 3. Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History Page 4. Page 5. ... ISBN 0-252-06343-0 (alk. paper) 1. Ethnomusicology. I. Blum, Stephen. II. ...
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