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Music of India and Middle East Listening Quiz Preparation Guide

Prepare for the listening quiz on Indian and Middle Eastern music with this detailed guide including key cultural aspects, instruments used, genre types, influences, and prominent musicians. Learn about Umm Kulthum, Delkash, and Fairuz.

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Music of India and Middle East Listening Quiz Preparation Guide

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  1. TEST # 1 • ONE WEEK FROM TODAY (26 March 2019) • Includes “Music of India” (chapter 6) • Includes “Music of Middle East” (chapter 10) • Written only (no listening) • All “India” and “Arab / Middle East PowerPoints & review sheets posted • Mix of short answer, brief explanations (use of relevant terminology), basic concepts- YOU WRITE

  2. LISTENING QUIZ # 1 • TUESDAY, 2 April 2019(beginning of class period) • Covers items related to Chapters 2 (India) and 3 (Middle East) [either set] • Things to know:- which culture?- which instruments used?- improvised or pre-composed?- kind of piece (genre)? (from style, events)- evidence of influences?

  3. Titon – Chapter 10 The Arab World(cont’d – last day!)

  4. Popular Music As opposed to “folk” or “traditional” music- commercially oriented- may use traditional elements, but…- draws on modern methods of dissemination “Pan-Islamic” style (my term)- mixes indigenous and western- heard everywhere in Islamic world Examples- Umm Kulthum (Egyptian, 1898-1975)- Delkash (Persian/Iranian, 1924-2004)- Fairuz (Lebanese, b. 1935)

  5. Umm Kulthum (1898-1975) • Egyptian family- Father = Iman- taught Quran (memorized!) • Classic Arab Music (Ud)- trained in Cairo • Popular mixed w/ Classic- radio & motion pictures • Umm Kulthum live; "Enta Omri“ • El Atlal (Concert) - Umm Kulthum

  6. “Delkash” (1924-2004) • Esmat Bagherpour Baboli (home city = Babol) • To Teheran for music study • Radio Iran (1945) • Worked w/ important Traditional Persian musicians • Motion pictures, etc. • Delkash w/ Traditional Persian Ensemble • Delkash : "Yadegare Koudaki" • Delkash : "Delam Mikhast" (w/ Viguen - "King of Iranian Pop")

  7. Fairuz (b. 1935) • Nouhad Wadie' Haddad (b. Beirut) • Eastern Orthodox Christian • Studied @ Lebanese Conservatory • Lebanese Radio w/ Rahbani Bros.- patriotic themes, musicals, etc. • Fairuz : "Îtab" (pan-Arab hit) • Theater, TV/Radio, Motion Pictures • Political figure • Fairuz : "I Love You Lebanon" • Live concerts – world traveler • Fairuz : "Li Beirut" ("To Beirut") • “First Lady of Lebanese Singing”

  8. Tradition! • “the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice” [Dictionary.com] • “a continuing pattern of culture beliefs or practices” [Dictionary.com] • See Titon, pp. 19-20 and ff. (background)- I. Ideas about music (d. history of music)- II. Activities involving music • “Folk” music and culture (no known “author”)

  9. “Zaffa”(textbook p. 530ff.) • Pre-Wedding march (may pre-date Islam!) • Al Rachad Zaffa El Shamiya (location?) • Moroccan Zaffa Band • Egyptian Zaffa in Paris • Chicago's Best Zaffa Group • Lebanese Wedding in Sydney • Bendir drums, Nafir trumpets, etc. (noise makers) • Cross-cultural events in Arab world (old, new, East, West, etc.) • Cf. Western Shivaree : V's Shivaree , Iris' Shivaree , etc….

  10. TEST # 1 Materials END Here Nothing after this slide will be used on Test # 1 (26 March 2019)

  11. Titon – Chapter 7 Asia / Indonesia

  12. World Map (Physical Features)

  13. The World

  14. SE Asia / Pacific

  15. Indonesia

  16. Banda Acheh (mid-2004)

  17. Banda Acheh (28 Dec 2004)

  18. Banda Acheh (post-Tsunami)

  19. Tsunami epi-center

  20. Indonesia (Active Volcanoes)

  21. Mt. Sinabung (north Java)(elevation 8,070 ft. [2460 m.])

  22. Dormant since c. 1600

  23. Eruptions(Aug 2010, Sept-Nov 2013, Jan-Feb-Nov 2014)

  24. Ash spews 1-2 miles into the air

  25. Eruption from Mount SinabungSinabung Lava Dome Collapse and Pyroclastic Flow 2016

  26. Pyroclastic event kills 7 – May 2016

  27. up to 30,000 evacuated(at various times)

  28. Ash covers nearby village

  29. School children on ash-covered road

  30. Motorcyclist – (note mask)

  31. “Ring of Fire”

  32. Indonesia – some basic facts • World’s largest “Island Country”- 17,000 islands (c. 7,000 inhabited) • Population: over 260,000,000 (# 4 in world) • Largest “Muslim majority” country (87%)- strongly influenced by Hindu, Buddhists, etc. • “Spice Islands” – European trade since 17th C- Dutch East India Co. (1602) • Independence since 1949 • Extreme diversity (over 200 languages, etc.) • “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” (“out of many, one”)

  33. Paris World’s Fair (1889)

  34. Paris World’s Fair(main promenade)

  35. Indonesian Dancers

  36. Dutch Exhibition at1889 Paris World’s Fair From a Dutch magazine describing the “colonial exhibition” at the Paris World’s Fair (1889).

  37. Gamelan(1889 Paris World’s Fair)

  38. Columbian Exposition(Chicago, 1893)

  39. Java Village (“Dutch Settlement”)at Columbian Exposition

  40. Java Village (“Dutch Settlement”)at Columbian Exposition (2)

  41. Columbia Exposition (1893)Indonesian Dancers

  42. Chicago Gamelan

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