Local music scenes and globalization : transnational platforms in Beirut /
Thomas Burkhalter.
- 303 p. : ill.
- Routledge studies in ethnomusicology ; 3 .
Theory and methodology : music making in a digitalized world. Globalization and digitalization in music ; Theoretical frame ; Methodological approach -- Ethnography : musicians from Beirut born during the Lebanese civil war. Experimental music ; Metal music and classic rock ; Urban music ; Rap ; Transnational networks (human hubs) ; Music as a media product ; Musicians as actors -- Analysis : six key tracks from Beirut. Zeid Hamdan: Aranis (remixed) ; Garo Gdanian: Remains of a bloodbath ; Mazen Kerbaj : Blblb flblb, Zrrrt, PIIIIIIIIIIII ; Taga of Daga ; Raed Yassin : Civil war tapes ; Charbel Haber : Track 5 : Rayess Bek : Schizophrenia -- History : Music and noise in Lebanon from the past and present. Ground setting : the urbanization and Europeanization of music in the Arab world ; Modern music from Cairo, old music from Aleppo ; European music and Christian hymns in Beirut (1926-1948) ; The creation of a Lebanese music (1948-1967) ; Nasserism versus tourism (1952-1967) ; The rise of dissident culture and alternative music (1968-1975) ; Bombs, protest, propaganda and rock music from the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) ; Pan-Arabic pop and the 2006 war -- Meaning : reading Lebanese music making from different perspectives. Historical perspectives ; Sociopolitical perspectives ; Geopolitical perspectives ; Psychological perspectives ; Aesthetical perspectives ; Euro-American perspectives. HKBU library
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Music and globalization--Lebanon. Music and transnationalism--Lebanon. Popular music--Social aspects--Lebanon--Beirut. Popular music--Political aspects--Lebanon--Beirut. Music--History and criticism.--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century Popular music--History and criticism.--Lebanon--Beirut