Focus: The Sounds of Islam focuses on the influence of Islam on the sonic practices of Muslim-majority societies. Centrally, it describes the position and role of sound within the Islamic religion, and in relation to the musics of Muslim-majority societies more generally. It encompasses a broad survey of the Islamic soundscape, examining the role of sound in Islamic practices throughout the world, each considered in its socio-cultural and historical contexts. Included within this survey is background information about Islam; an exploration of Islamic concepts, attitudes, and perspectives about music and sound; a critique of "music in the world of Islam" as a coherent category; key musical concepts underlying the sounds of Islam; and an assessment of the diversity of sonic practices carrying Islamic significance, and of their bidirectional relations (both influencing, and influenced by) to broader musical culture. Descriptions of these practices is enriched with sound recordings, transcriptions, texts, maps, and photographs. The accompanying audio CD offers vivid musical examples and the companion website include resources for both students and instructors.
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Reviewer 1:
The title of the proposed volume, The Sounds of Islam: Performance, Ritual, Text, Music, portends of a book that is badly needed to both fill a gap in a literature that is mined continuously by researchers and students interested in the in Islamic ritual and in the music of Islamicate communities throughout the world. The terminology chosen in the title reflects the broad readership that will find this text compelling. Those interested in music and sonic performance - from collective chant to radio broadcasts - will respond to the way in which this book is framed and will be keenly interested in the author's critique of the terms "Muslim music," "music of the Mulsim world." Those who specialize in religion will benefit from the plurality of cultural practices discussed by the author, Michael Frishkopf, who has vast experience in Muslim contexts in the Middle East and Africa. Frishkopf's previous publications on ritual, text and music are testimony of his refined ability to describe and interpret action and idea in Muslim cultures and contexts....I would use this text in the course Music Cultures of the Middle East, a course that is cross-listed in Music, Anthropology, and Literary and Cultural Studies.
Reviewer 2:
To put my reaction to this proposal in a nutshell, this book is very much needed and Michael is the very guy to do it. I believe his assessment of the "competition" for this book is realistic: there are no real competitors, since pretty much all other efforts (e.g., Shiloah, Faruqi, Touma) have been more focussed on particular regions or practices...I would gladly use this in a course on the music of Turkey, and a graduate seminar on Musical practice and ideology in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
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978-0-415-99521-4 (9780415995214)
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Michael Frishkopf is a graduate of Yale College (BS Mathematics, 1984), Tufts University (MA Ethnomusicology, 1989), and University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D. Music, 1999). Since 1999 he has taught ethnomusicology in the Department of music at the University of Alberta, where he currently holds the rank of Associate Professor, serving also as Associate Director of the Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology, and Associate Director for Multimedia at the folkwaysAlive project (in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Washington DC).
Part I: Sound and Music in Islamic discourse and practice 1. Introduction to Islam and its sounds 2. Islamic perspectives on sound, music, and the voice 3. Music in the "Muslim World" 4. The art of sound: traditional socio-sonic aesthetics and structures in the core Islamic areas (Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa) B. Part II: Sound in Islamic Practice 1. The sounds of central Islamic practices 2. The sounds of supplementary Islamic practices 3. Sounds of Islamic rituals 4. Sounds of minority spiritual movements 5. Sounds of Sufism C. Part III: Popular mediated genres: between spirituality and entertainment 1. Popular religious songs in the Arab world 2. Islamic pop in Malaysia 3. Popular Islamic songs in Turkey 4. Popular Islamic music of Bosnia (Illahiya) 5. Islamic rap, punk, and folk in the West D. Conclusion: The sounds of Islam: cultural significance, globalization, and experience 1. The influence of local musical traditions on the sounds of Islam 2. Impact of Islam on local musical traditions 3. Sound and Muslim immigrants 4. Virtual sound: Islam via recorded media, satellite, Internet 5. Experiencing the sounds of Islam: Muslims and non-Muslims
