{"product_id":"tarab-music-ecstasy-emotion-and-performance-9781477331439","title":"Tarab: Music, Ecstasy, Emotion, and Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003e In Arab culture, at the ineffable point where music meets emotion, lies ṭarab. Often glossed as the ecstasy experienced and expressed when performing or listening to singing, instrumental works, and recitations of poetry, ṭarab is both a practice and an orienting concept central to musical aesthetics and spirituality characteristic of Middle Eastern cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Gathering fifteen essays by scholars of music, affect, literature, religion, and education, \u003ci\u003eṬarab\u003c\/i\u003e extends the study of ṭarab historically, geographically, and sociologically. Historical essays explore ṭarab's role in the medieval Middle East and the Ottoman Empire. Turning to the modern era, authors examine ṭarab and related concepts in Egypt, Albania, and Iraq, and among Turkish Roma and Lebanese Maronite Christians. The contributors also address contemporary practitioners and the intersections of ṭarab and maqām, belly dancing, music streaming, and university music ensembles. Situating this unique cultural concept in a global context, these studies enrich the story of ṭarab and provide new insight into music's powerful emotional appeal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Michael Frishkopf is a professor of music at the University of Alberta. He is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eResisting the Dehumanization of Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMusic, Sound, and Architecture in Islam\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMusic and Media in the Arab World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Scott Marcus is a professor of music (ethnomusicology) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMusic in Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 6, The Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dwight Reynolds is Distinguished Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of T\u003ci\u003ehe Musical Heritage of al-Andalus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMedieval Arab Music and Musicians\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 6, The Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589691343122,"sku":"9781477331439","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_746fa926-9397-4ff1-9be8-1f92a9598d9d.jpg?v=1756801700","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tarab-music-ecstasy-emotion-and-performance-9781477331439","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}