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Virginia Danielson

"The Voice of Egypt"

Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century

288 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps, 16 musical examples  6 x 9  © 1997
Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology

Paper $25.00

ISBN: 9780226136127   Published January 1998

Related links: Vist a website for Umm Kalthum.

Preface
Technical Note
1: "The Voice and Face of Egypt"
2: Childhood in the Egyptian Delta
3: Beginning in Cairo
4: Media, Style, and Idiom
5: "The Golden Age of Umm Kulthum" and Two Cultural Formations
6: "The Voice of Egypt": The Artists' Work and Shared Aesthetics
7: Umm Kulthum and a New Generation
Legacies of a Performer
Glossary
Notes
References
Sources for the Illustrations
Index
Awards
  • Alan Merriam Award
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