Every civilization through out the beginning of earth had some sort of music or sound in their reign. From ancient Rome to Bengal and from Alaska to Africa, everywhere sounds and music was existing.
Some for war, some for peace, some for sense and some for bliss. Arabs had music too. Esp. the pre-islamic arab i.e. the Jahiliya period.
Arabic music includes several genres and styles of music ranging from Arabic classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music to Arabic rock Arabic Hip.
It is an amalgam of the music of the Arabs in the Arabian Peninsula and the music of all the peoples that make the Arab world today. It also influenced and has been influenced by ancient Egyptian, ancient Greek, Persian, Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkish, Indian, North African music...
The development of Arabic music has deep roots in Arabic poetry dating back to the pre-Islamic period known as Jahiliyyah. Though there is a lack of scientific study to definitively confirm the existence of Arabic music at those times, most historians agree that there existed distinct forms of music in the Arabian peninsula in the pre-Islamic period between the 5th and the 7th century AD.
Arab poets of that time - called "Jahili poets" which translates to "The poets of the period of ignorance" - used to recite poems with a high musical rhythm and tone.
Music at that time played an important role in cultivating the mystique of exorcists and magicians. It was believed that Jinns revealed poems to poets and music to musicians. The Choir at the time served as a pedagologial tool where the educated poets would recite their poems.
Singing was not thought to be the work of these intellectuals and was instead entrusted to women with beautiful voices (i.e. Al-Khansa) who would learn how to play some instruments used at that time (i.e. lute, drum, Oud, rebab, etc...) and then perform the songs while respecting the poetic metre. It should be noted that the compositions were simple and every singer would sing in a single maqam. Among the notable songs of the period were the "huda" from which the ghina' derived, the nasb, sanad, and rukbani.
In the 20th century, Egypt was the first in a series of Arab countries to experience a sudden emergence of nationalism, as it became independent after 2000 years of foreign rule. Turkish music, popular during the rule of the Ottoman Empire in the region, was replaced by national music. Cairo became a center for musical innovation.
One of the first female musicians to take a secular approach was Umm Kulthum quickly followed by Fairuz. Both have been extremely popular through the decades that followed and both are considered "Arabic Music Legends".---wikipedia.org
The gradual approach of cultural exchange brought in Arabic music newer dimensions to entertain the wider range of audience.
It flourished to
Western Arabic Music
Arabic Pop
Franco-Arabic
Arabic R&B, Reggae, and Hip Hop
Arabic jazz
Arabic Rock
and the trend continues.
What we see is the real form of music Arab had is now distorted and fused by feating with other genre. Which is the case of almost all music around the world.
This notion leaves us to fact that world is at change with a fast pace.
Some for war, some for peace, some for sense and some for bliss. Arabs had music too. Esp. the pre-islamic arab i.e. the Jahiliya period.
Arabic music includes several genres and styles of music ranging from Arabic classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music to Arabic rock Arabic Hip.It is an amalgam of the music of the Arabs in the Arabian Peninsula and the music of all the peoples that make the Arab world today. It also influenced and has been influenced by ancient Egyptian, ancient Greek, Persian, Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkish, Indian, North African music...
The development of Arabic music has deep roots in Arabic poetry dating back to the pre-Islamic period known as Jahiliyyah. Though there is a lack of scientific study to definitively confirm the existence of Arabic music at those times, most historians agree that there existed distinct forms of music in the Arabian peninsula in the pre-Islamic period between the 5th and the 7th century AD.
Arab poets of that time - called "Jahili poets" which translates to "The poets of the period of ignorance" - used to recite poems with a high musical rhythm and tone.
Music at that time played an important role in cultivating the mystique of exorcists and magicians. It was believed that Jinns revealed poems to poets and music to musicians. The Choir at the time served as a pedagologial tool where the educated poets would recite their poems.Singing was not thought to be the work of these intellectuals and was instead entrusted to women with beautiful voices (i.e. Al-Khansa) who would learn how to play some instruments used at that time (i.e. lute, drum, Oud, rebab, etc...) and then perform the songs while respecting the poetic metre. It should be noted that the compositions were simple and every singer would sing in a single maqam. Among the notable songs of the period were the "huda" from which the ghina' derived, the nasb, sanad, and rukbani.
In the 20th century, Egypt was the first in a series of Arab countries to experience a sudden emergence of nationalism, as it became independent after 2000 years of foreign rule. Turkish music, popular during the rule of the Ottoman Empire in the region, was replaced by national music. Cairo became a center for musical innovation.
One of the first female musicians to take a secular approach was Umm Kulthum quickly followed by Fairuz. Both have been extremely popular through the decades that followed and both are considered "Arabic Music Legends".---wikipedia.orgThe gradual approach of cultural exchange brought in Arabic music newer dimensions to entertain the wider range of audience.
It flourished to
Western Arabic Music
Arabic Pop
Franco-Arabic
Arabic R&B, Reggae, and Hip Hop
Arabic jazz
Arabic Rock
and the trend continues.
What we see is the real form of music Arab had is now distorted and fused by feating with other genre. Which is the case of almost all music around the world.
This notion leaves us to fact that world is at change with a fast pace.
2 comments:
Enjoyable! Can we learn to incorporate music as well as images?
Faysal
I enjoy your blogs a lot. You make intelligent comments and clearly think a lot about what you write but you are sometimes a little too verbose which means the posts are too long.
The major problem is that you have made oly 7 posts when I asked for 10, which affects your mark!
Mark: B
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