Music in Afghanistan
Subtitle: tradition and transformation : historical perspectives and current positions on Afghan music and society
By: edited by Philip Küppers and Laurina Bleier
Contributors: Kābul Pohantūn; Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar
Series: Sounding heritage -- volume 1; Sounding heritage -- v. 1.
Publisher: University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar; Edition Emvas
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Weimar; Berlin
Language: eng; pus
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9783981786507
Subjects: Music; Congresses; History and criticism; Afghans
Description: "There are few publications on Afghan music research coming from Afghanistan itself. This book is an exception, since its contents are not only the result of a symposium that took place at Kabul University, Kabul/ Afghanistan, in November 2014, but several of its contributions have been written by Afghan music scholars and musicology students, together with articles written by authors form Germany, Austria, and Turkey ... The book explores the contemporary role of music in the Afghan society. It discusses the status of women in Afghan music, traditional musical instruments and finally the quest of music as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Important topics in this respect are the safeguarding and measures to keep important archives in terms of a digitized heritage that remains accessible for generations to come. The book is also an outcome of the cooperation between the UNESCO Chair on Transcultural Music Studies of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Germany, and institutions in Afghanistan, primarily the Afghan National Institute of Music (ANIM), Kabul University and Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA)"--
Notes: Added t.p. in Pushto.

Proceedings of an international conference which took place at the University of Kabul, co-organized by the Franz Liszt University of Music, in November 2014.

Tanslation: Bilquees Daud, Abdul Wahab Sarwary.

In English and Pushto translation.