Music in the mind : the concepts of music and musician in Afghanistan / Hiromi Lorraine Sakata.

Author/creator Sakata, Hiromi Lorraine
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxx, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subjects
Music--Afghanistan. --History and criticism.

Contents Three diverse areas of Afghanistan -- Islam and music -- The concept of music -- The concept of musician -- Musical and conceptual relationships -- Appendix A. Musical instruments of three Persian-speaking areas of Afghanistan -- Appendix B. List of musicians -- Appendix C. Glossary of Persian terms.
Abstract Music is central to many important events in the Islamic world. Yet many members of Islamic society who follow the teachings of the Qur'an hold music and musicians in very little regard. The author examined this paradox during her research in Afghanistan in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which is recorded in this book. Through case studies in the city of Herat (western Afghanistan), the remote provincial capital Faizabad (northeastern Afghanistan), and the village of Khadir (central Afghanistan), Sakata discusses traditional Islamic concepts of music and musicians and interprets modern attitudes toward them both. She pays particular attention to the term musiqi (which can be generally translated as "secular music") and how misinterpretations of this construct may be the root of Western misunderstandings about music and musicians in Muslim societies.
General noteOriginally published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, 1983. With new foreword and preface.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 232-239) and index.
LCCN 2002026923
ISBN1588340902 (alk. paper)

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