Virginia Danielson
Biographic Data
| ID | 91543 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Danielson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Danielson |
| SIGNATURE | DANIELSON V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Music and Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East
Listening to Arab Women's Voices
This article illustrates the near-constant presence of Arab women's musical voices in Middle Eastern societies and the ways in which these voices affected their societies and exercised power. Examples are drawn from the centuries of the Islamic Empire, the decades surrounding World War I in Cairo, Egypt, and the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in the Arabian Gulf and Peninsula. Attention is given to theories of voice. Emphasis lie…
Umm Kulthum
Egypt, Arab Republic of
The Voice of Egypt
Umm Kuthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her popularity in a society which discouraged women from public performance. The text examines the careful construction of Kulthum's popularity; from childhood her mentors honed her abilities to accord with Arab and Muslim pr…
The Music of Arab Americans
The Voice of Egypt
The Voice of Egypt
The Voice of Egypt
"The Voice of Egypt"
Layla Murād
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Listening to Umm Kulthūm
A well-known journalist in Cairo, Rajā’ al-Naqqāsh, wrote that, as a child, he thought “listening to Umm Kulthūm” meant “listening to singing.” When the adults around him listened to singing, they listened to Umm Kulthūm, thus “singing,” in his youthful experience, equated to “Umm Kulthūm.” While this attitude would be rare in Egypt now as listeners have moved other music into the domains of their daily life, Umm Kulthūm remains a formidable pres…
New nightingales of the Nile
Why buy all those?!' a street vendor in Cairo asked as I picked out photographs of young singing stars he had for sale. 'Take more of these,' he suggested, proffering stills from the 1950s films of Abd al-Ḥalīm Hāfiẓ and photos of Muhammad Abd al-Wahhāb and Umm Kulthūm. 'Those were really good days ... the old singers were really good singers. There's nothing like that now. Umm Kulthūm, Abd al-Ḥalīm, they're all gone and the rest are kalām fāḍī […
Maqam - Raga - Zeilenmelodik
Musique Arabe
The Collection of Notations. Part 1
Al-Sub'ah al-Kibar fi al-Musiqa al-'Arabiyah al-Mu'asirah [The Seven Great Ones in Modern Arabic Music]
Min al-Mashayikh
The "Qur'an" and the "Qasidah
New nightingales of the Nile
Why buy all those?!' a street vendor in Cairo asked as I picked out photographs of young singing stars he had for sale. 'Take more of these,' he suggested, proffering stills from the 1950s films of Abd al-Ḥalīm Hāfiẓ and photos of Muhammad Abd al-Wahhāb and Umm Kulthūm. 'Those were really good days ... the old singers were really good singers. There's nothing like that now. Umm Kulthūm, Abd al-Ḥalīm, they're all gone and the rest are kalām fāḍī […
The "Qur'an" and the "Qasidah
The Voice of Egypt
Min al-Mashayikh
The "Qur'an" and the "Qasidah
Min al-Mashayikh
The Collection of Notations. Part 1
Al-Sub'ah al-Kibar fi al-Musiqa al-'Arabiyah al-Mu'asirah [The Seven Great Ones in Modern Arabic Music]
Maqam - Raga - Zeilenmelodik
Musique Arabe
Layla Murād
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Listening to Umm Kulthūm
A well-known journalist in Cairo, Rajā’ al-Naqqāsh, wrote that, as a child, he thought “listening to Umm Kulthūm” meant “listening to singing.” When the adults around him listened to singing, they listened to Umm Kulthūm, thus “singing,” in his youthful experience, equated to “Umm Kulthūm.” While this attitude would be rare in Egypt now as listeners have moved other music into the domains of their daily life, Umm Kulthūm remains a formidable pres…
New nightingales of the Nile
Why buy all those?!' a street vendor in Cairo asked as I picked out photographs of young singing stars he had for sale. 'Take more of these,' he suggested, proffering stills from the 1950s films of Abd al-Ḥalīm Hāfiẓ and photos of Muhammad Abd al-Wahhāb and Umm Kulthūm. 'Those were really good days ... the old singers were really good singers. There's nothing like that now. Umm Kulthūm, Abd al-Ḥalīm, they're all gone and the rest are kalām fāḍī […
"The Voice of Egypt"
The Voice of Egypt
The Voice of Egypt
Umm Kuthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her popularity in a society which discouraged women from public performance. The text examines the careful construction of Kulthum's popularity; from childhood her mentors honed her abilities to accord with Arab and Muslim pr…
The Music of Arab Americans
The Voice of Egypt
The Voice of Egypt
Umm Kulthum
Egypt, Arab Republic of
Listening to Arab Women's Voices
This article illustrates the near-constant presence of Arab women's musical voices in Middle Eastern societies and the ways in which these voices affected their societies and exercised power. Examples are drawn from the centuries of the Islamic Empire, the decades surrounding World War I in Cairo, Egypt, and the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries in the Arabian Gulf and Peninsula. Attention is given to theories of voice. Emphasis lie…
Music and Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East
History (14 works) · Art (11 works) · Islamic Studies and History (10 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Arabic (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · African history and culture analysis (4 works)