Danielson, Virginia. <br/><br/>
The voice of Egypt :  Umm Kulthum, Arabic song, and Egyptian society in the twentieth century / 
Virginia Danielson. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  c1997. 
 - xiii, 273 p. :  ill., maps., ports. ;  24 cm. 
 - Chicago studies in ethnomusicology .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-261) and index. 
<br/><br/>"The voice and face of Egypt"  Some questions ; Speech about music ; Listening ; Performing ; "Popular" music ; The individual ; Social issues -- Childhood in the Egyptian delta.  "Min al-Mashayikh" ; Performing experience ; The audiences -- Beginning in Cairo.  Music in Cairo ; The "Bedouin" singer ; An education in music and performance ; A turning point ; 1926 and beyond -- Media, style, and idiom.  Taking a direction in style; Producing concerts ; Negotiating the public ; Recordings and radio ; Making films ; Developing an idiom -- "The golden age of Umm Kulthum" and two cultural formations.  The 1940s ; Musical populism ; New films ; Neoclassicism ; The impact of the new Qasaid and the populist songs -- "The voice of Egypt": the artists' work and shared aesthetics.  Building the model of the song ; The concerts ; "her voice...!" ; "But can you understand the words?" ; "She was good because she could read the Quran" ; "She gave us back the Qasida" ; "She never sang a line the same way twice" -- Umm Kulthum and a new generation.  The national songs and "Rabia lAdawiyya" ; "A new stage" ; Collaboration with Abd al-Wahhab ; The resilience of al-Sunbati's songs ; The Ughniyya ; The widening market ; The concerts for Egypt ; "The Fallahiin are my self" ; The repertory not sung -- Legacies of a performer. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226136116 (alk. paper) 9780226136110 (alk. paper) 0226136124 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226136127 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96045394  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Umm Kulthum, 1898-1975. <br/>Umm Kulthum (1898-1975). 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Singers--Biography.--Egypt<br/>Songs, Arabic--History and criticism.--Egypt<br/>Popular music--History and criticism.--Egypt<br/>Music--Social aspects--Egypt.<br/>Musique populaire--Histoire et critique.--Egypte<br/>Musique--Aspect social--Egypte.<br/>Chansons arabes (arabe egyptien)--Histoire et critique.<br/>Chanteuses--Biographies.--Egypte
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cantantes--Biografía--Egipto<br/>Canciones arabes--Historia y crítica--Egipto<br/>Música popular--Historia y crítica--Egipto
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B ML 420  / U52D 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.42163/092