Music in Bahrain : traditional music of the Arabian Gulf / Poul Rovsing Olsen.
| Author/creator | Rovsing Olsen, Poul |
| Format | Audio (CD) |
| Publication Info | Moesgaard : Jutland Archaeological Society : Moesgaard Museum ; Bahrain : Ministry of Information, ©2002. |
| Description | 183 pages : illustrations (some color), music ; 30 cm + 3 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Traditional music of the Arabian Gulf |
| Series | Jutland Archaeological Society publications ; 42 Jutland Archaeological Society publications ; 42. ^A664117 |
| Contents | The country -- The musical instruments -- 'Ud music -- 'Ardah -- Festive dances -- The work songs of the pearl divers -- Fijiri -- Music of African descent -- Jirba and jufti -- Religious singing -- Womens' songs -- List of music on accompanying Compact Discs 1-3. |
| Abstract | Though its rich subject stretches back thousands of years, this was the first book written on it, and the only available outside Arabic. The author, a Western ethnoƯmusicologist and composer of international renown, first went to Bahrain to record its music in 1958, and he continued to do so at intervals during the next twenty years. He finished this book shortly before his death in 1982, but the manuscript lay forgotten until the Moesgaard Museum recently became aware of it and decided to publish it in cooperation with the Bahrain Ministry of Information. In 1958, oil had replaced pearls as the island's primary source of wealth, and traditional music had begun to decline. The author searched out music wherever he could, at private village weddings and performances for dignitaries, in the houses of retired pearl divers and sessions at Radio Bahrain. A cross-section of these recordings is preserved on the three CDs that accompany this volume. Among other things, there are chapters devoted to religious singing, African influences, the music of pearl divers, women's songs and festive dances. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Accompanying musical examples originally recorded 1958-1978. |
| ISBN | 8788415198 |