The Umm Kulthum, Arabic song, and Egyptian society in the twentieth century Danielson, Virginia. creator text bibliography biography ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press c1997 1997 monographic eng

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xiii, 273 p. : ill., maps., ports. ; 24 cm. "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. Virginia Danielson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-261) and index. f-ua--- Umm Kulthum 1898-1975 Singers Egypt Biography Songs, Arabic Egypt History and criticism Popular music Egypt History and criticism Music Social aspects Egypt Umm Kulthum (1898-1975) Musique populaire Egypte Histoire et critique Musique Aspect social Egypte Chansons arabes (arabe egyptien) Histoire et critique Chanteuses Egypte Biographies Cantantes Egipto Biografía Canciones arabes Egipto Historia y crítica Música popular Egipto Historia y crítica B ML 420 U52D 1997 782.42163/092 0226136116 (alk. paper) 9780226136110 (alk. paper) 0226136124 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226136127 (pbk. : alk. paper) 96045394 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi051/96045394.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/96045394.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi051/96045394.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/uchi051/96045394.html DLC 961023 20230410132856.0 84680