1st Edition
Song from the Land of Fire Azerbaijanian Mugam in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods
By Inna Naroditskaya
Copyright 2003
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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Song from the Land of Fire explores Azerbaijanian musical culture, a subject previously unexamined by American and European scholars. This book contains notations of mugham performance--a fusion of traditional poetry and musical improvisation--and analysis of hybrid genres, such as mugham -operas and symphonic mugham by native composers. Intimately connected to the awakening of... Read more
List of Illustrations List of Musical Examples List of Musical Examples on Compact Disc Preface Acknowledgments 1. Split Identity: The Historical and Literary Heritage of Azerbaijan 2. Mugham Is Not Music: The Complex Aesthetics of Islam 3. A Wave of Melodious Sound: The Basics of mugham 4. The Sound of Traditional mugham 5. The Social History of mugham 6. Fathers and Sons, Masters and Disciples 7. Symphonic mugham 8. Women's Voices Defying and Defining the Culture 9. Conclusion: mugham and Nationhood Epilogue: Travel Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
Biography
Inna Naroditskaya is Professor of Musicology at Northwestern University, US.
