Palestinian Arab music
Subtitle: a maqām tradition in practice
By: Dalia Cohen and Ruth Katz.
Contributors: Katz, Ruth, 1927-
Series: Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Songs, Arab -- Israel -- History and criticism.; Maqām.; Palestinian Arabs -- Israel -- Music -- History and criticism.; Folk music -- Israel -- History and criticism.
Genres: Music
Notes: Includes compact disc.

For disc notes, contents, and transcriptions, see p. 335-413.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The research topic, problems, objectives, and the tradition studied; title: The performing group; title: Pitch and the maqamat; title: Rhythm and structure; title: Melisma and style; title: The text; title: Musicopoetic frames; title: The performer's role in shaping the performance