Egyptian Violinists and the Negotiation of In-Betweenness
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Lillie Sarah Gordon
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Marcus, Scott L.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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366
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Cooley, Timothy J.; Reynolds, Dwight F.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-34943-6
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Music
Body granting the degree
University of California, Santa Barbara
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2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Over the past 150 years, the European violin has grown from a new import to a fundamental fixture in the Arab music of Egypt. Due to the violin's history, physical attributes, and symbolic importance, violinists regularly work between categories often set in opposition, especially Western classical and Arab musics. In this dissertation, I argue that it is this very in-betweenness that makes the violin a powerful tool for Egyptian violinists and composers. Through a series of biographies organized historically, I show how violinists have infused the instrument with different clusters of meaning, performing complex senses of identity and complicating musical categories in the process.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cultural anthropology; Music; Middle Eastern Studies
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Arab music;Egypt;Ethnomusicology;In-betweenness;Postcolonial;Violin