Music and traditions of the Arabian Peninsula : Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar / Lisa Urkevich.

Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula provides a pioneering overview of folk and traditional urban music, along with dance and rituals, of Saudi Arabia and the Upper Gulf States of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar. The nineteen chapters introduce variegated regions and subcultures and their rich a...

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Main Author: Urkevich, Lisa (Author)
Format: CD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Bedouin arts
  • Bedouin women's music and dance
  • Ṭaggāgāt : female drumming bands
  • Ḥaḍar arts from the Najd : songs with drums
  • Ḥaḍar (Khammāri) arts in the upper gulf
  • Gulf wedding practices and songs
  • Incoming arts : African and Persian
  • Sea music traditions, and Ṣaūt
  • Hijazi folk traditions
  • Ṭāʹif and music
  • Art music of the Hijazi cities
  • Hijazi women and music making
  • Distinguished Hijazi artists
  • Introduction : southwestern Arabia
  • Asīr genres and traditions
  • Bīsha and Bāḥa arts
  • Jīzān music and dance
  • Musical aspect of Najrān.