| Description |
xxii, 676 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Music in Central Asia : an overview / Theodore Levin -- Musical instruments in Central Asia / Theodore Levin -- Who are the nomads of Central Asia? / Theodore Levin -- Introduction to Central Asian epic traditions / Elmira Kochumkulova -- The Kyrgyz epic Manas / Elmira Kochumkulova -- Oral epic in Kazakhstan : Korughly and a dynasty of great Jyraus / Uljan Baibosynova -- Music of the Karakalpaks. Part 1, The epic world of the Karakalpaks : jyrau and baqsy / Frederic Leotar ; Part 2, Qyssakhan : performer of written and oral literature / Kalmurza Kurbanov and Saida Daukeyeva -- The art of the Turkmen bagshy / Jamilya Gurbanova -- The Turkmen dutar / David Fossum -- Kyrgyz wisdom songs : Terme Yrlary / Elmira Kochumkulova -- Aqyns and improvised-poetry competitions among the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz / Elmira Kochumkulova and Jangul Qojakhmetova -- Singing traditions of the Kazakhs / Alma Kunanbaeva -- Kyrgyz funeral laments / Elmira Kochumkulova -- Kyrgyz wedding songs / Elmira Kochumkulova -- Narrative instrumental music. Part 1, Kazakh kui / Saida Daukeyeva ; Part 2, Kyrgyz kuu / Nurlanbek Nyshanov -- Kyrgyz jaw harps / Nurlanbek Nyshanov -- The Kazakh qobyz : between tradition and modernity / Saida Daukeyeva -- Dombyra performance, migration, and memory among Mongolian Kazakhs / Saida Daukeyeva -- Maqom traditions of the Tajiks and Uzbeks / Will Sumits and Theodore Levin -- The Uyghur muqam / Rachel Harris -- New images of Azerbaijani mugham in the twentieth century / Aida Huseynova -- Popular classics : traditional singer-songwriters in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan / Theodore Levin -- Religious music and chant in the culture of sedentary dwellers / Aleksandr Djumaev -- Sufism and the ceremony of zikr in Ghulja / Mukaddas Mijit -- Dastan performance among the Uyghurs / Rahile Dawut and Elise Anderson -- Female musicians in Uzbekistan : Otin-oy, Dutarchi, and Maqomchi / Razia Sultanova -- Music in the city of Bukhara / Theodore Levin and Aleksandr Djumaev -- Music and culture in Badakhshan / Theodore Levin -- The maddoh tradition of Badakhshan / Benjamin D. Koen -- Qasoid-khoni in the Wakhan valley of Badakhshan / Chorshanbe Goibnazarov -- Falak : spiritual songs of the mountain Tajiks / Faroghat Azizi -- Revitalizing musical traditions : the Aga Khan music initiative / Theodore Levin -- Cultural renewal in Kyrgyzstan : neo-traditionalism and the new era in Kyrgyz music / Raziya Syrdybaeva -- Popular music in Uzbekistan / Kerstin Klenke -- Innovation in tradition : some examples from music and theater in Uzbekistan / Aleksandr Djumaev -- Tradition-based popular music in contemporary Tajikistan / Federico Spinetti. |
| Subject |
Music -- Asia, Central -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Levin, Theodore Craig, editor.
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Daukeeva, Saida Diasovna, editor.
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Kȯchu̇mkulova, Ėlmira, editor.
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New York Society Library. Book Committee.
2017.
ZNS
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| ISBN |
9780253017512 (hardcover) |
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0253017513 |
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9780253017642 (electronic book) |
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