Rai's Travels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11569024 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ted Swedenburg (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 190-193 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3184 • E-ISSN: 2329-3233 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026318400044837 |
| OpenAlex | W2586775511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Rai music has traveled far and undergone remarkable transmutations since the early days of its development in Wahran (Oran) during the first decades of the twentieth century. Originally performed at weddings and in bars, mostly by women singers known as cheikhat , the instrumentation was simple (a reed flute known as a qasba, a single-stringed viol or rbab , and a hand drum known as the gellal ) and the vocals, raucous and sometimes bawdy. The lyrics consisted of formulaic couplets, and mostly dealt with relations between men and women. The early recordings of rai's greatest female vocalist, Cheikha Rimitti are the essential foundation of any collection of rai music
Acoustics · Art · Art history · Flute · Literature · Lyrics · Singing · Visual arts · African Studies and Geopolitics · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |