TY  - BOOK
AU  - Danielson,Virginia
TI  - The voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic song, and Egyptian society in the twentieth century 
SN  - 0226136116 (alk. paper)
AV  - B ML 420 U52D 1997
U1  - 782.42163/092 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Umm Kulthum,
KW  - Umm Kulthum
KW  - Singers
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Biography
KW  - Songs, Arabic
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Popular music
KW  - Music
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Musique populaire
KW  - Egypte
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - ram
KW  - Musique
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Chansons arabes (arabe egyptien)
KW  - Chanteuses
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Cantantes
KW  - Egipto
KW  - Biografía
KW  - Canciones arabes
KW  - Historia y crítica
KW  - Música popular
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-261) and index; "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
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