Playing across a divide
Subtitle: Israeli-Palestinian musical encounters in a contested land
By: by Benjamin Brinner.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195175813
Subjects: Music -- Israel -- History and criticism; Palestinian Arabs -- Music -- History and criticism; Music -- Social aspects -- Israel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage. First encounters ; Arab musicians in Israel and the West Bank ; Israeli musical life; title: Musicians, bands, networks. Alei Hazayit ; Bustan Abraham ; Interaction in two small networks ; Riding the peace train : Yair Dalal ; A larger network : the ethnic music scene in Israel; title: New forms of musical expression. Musical mixtures : fusion of styles and styles of fusion ; Composition, improvisation, performance; title: Roots & routes. Representations of place and time ; Roots in the past, routes to the future.