Music of Azerbaijan : From Mugham to Opera /

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This book traces the development of Azerbaijani art music from its origins in the Eastern, modal, improvisational tradition known as mugham through its fusion with Western classical, jazz, and world art music. Aida Huseynova places the fascinating and little-known history of music in Azerbaijan agai...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huseynova, Aida (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Musik
Music.
Folk music.
Azerbaijanis.
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
MUSIC > Reference.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
Azeri > Musique.
Musique > Azerbaïdjan > Histoire et critique.
Azerbaijanis > Music.
Folk music > Azerbaijan > History and criticism.
Music > Azerbaijan > History and criticism.
Aserbaidschan
Azerbaijan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Azerbaijani musical nationalism during the pre-Soviet and Soviet eras
  • Pioneers of the new Azerbaijani musical identity
  • The Russian-Soviet factor : facilitating or disrupting synthesis?
  • The beginning of the national style : 1900-the 1930s
  • Growing maturity : 1940-the early 1960s
  • The spirit of experimentalism : since the 1960s
  • Songwriters
  • Jazz mugham
  • Leaving the post-Soviet era behind
  • "Mugham opera" of the Silk Road.

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