Song from the Land of Fire: Azerbaijanian Mugam in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods

by Naroditskaya,Inna

• ISBN13: 9780415940214
• ISBN10: 0415940214
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Song from the Land of Fireexplores Azerbaijanian musical culture, a subject previously unexamined by American and European scholars. This book contains notations ofmughamperformance-a fusion of traditional poetry and musical improvisation-and analysis of hybrid genres, such asmugham-operas and symphonicmughamby native composers. Intimately connected to the awakening of Azerbaijanian national consciousness while ruled by the Russian Empire and the USSR,mughamis inseparable from the contexts in which it is produced and heard. Inna Naroditskaya provides the historical and political contexts formughamand profiles the musicians, musical genealogies, and musical institutions of Azerbaijan. INCLUDES AUDIO CD.

Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES	ix
LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES	xi
SELECTIONS ON COMPACT DISC	xiii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	xv
PREFACE	xix
CHAPTER 1 Split Identity: The Historical and Literary Heritage of Azerbaijan	3	(16)
CHAPTER 2 "Mugham Is Not Music": The Complex Aesthetics of Islam	19	(12)
CHAPTER 3 "A Wave of Melodious Sound": The Basics of Mugham	31	(22)
CHAPTER 4 The Sound of Traditional Mugham	53	(38)
CHAPTER 5 The Modernization/Westernization of Mugham	91	(20)
CHAPTER 6 Mugham Lineages: Fathers and Sons, Masters and Disciples	111	(28)
CHAPTER 7 Symphonic Mugham	139	(24)
CHAPTER 8 Women's Voices Defying and Defining the Culture	163	(28)
CHAPTER 9 Conclusion: Mugham as Signifier	191	(14)
CHAPTER 10 Travel Notes: 1997 and 2002	205	(16)
GLOSSARY	221	(4)
NOTES	225	(14)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	239	(16)
INDEX	255