Among the jasmine trees : music and modernity in contemporary Syria / Jonathan Holt Shannon

By: Series: Music/culturePublication details: Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, 2006Description: 252 s. : illISBN:
  • 0-8195-6798-1 (inb.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 784.1885 22 (machine generated)
Other classification:
  • Ijv-oaea
Summary: Investigates expressions of authenticity in Syria's musical culture, which is known for embracing and preserving the Arab musical tradition. Presenting a study of ethnomusicology of the modern Middle East, this book details this music and offers a theoretical framework for understanding contemporary Arab culture, music, and society
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Investigates expressions of authenticity in Syria's musical culture, which is known for embracing and preserving the Arab musical tradition. Presenting a study of ethnomusicology of the modern Middle East, this book details this music and offers a theoretical framework for understanding contemporary Arab culture, music, and society

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