Essays about: "tarab"

Found 1 essay containing the word tarab.

  1. 1. “Music is Feeling” : Tarab: a Phenomenon of Arab Musical Culture

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Darin Kahel; [2021]
    Keywords : tarab; maqam; takht; saltanah; طرب، مقام، تخت، سلطنة;

    Abstract : This essay examines tarab, an Arab musical tradition deeply rooted in the Near East region, and evaluated by listeners based on its emotional effect. Tarab culture has been influenced by westernization, forces of globalization, postcolonial nationalism, and modernism since the early 20th-century, which significantly changed the face of this musical culture by the end of the century. READ MORE