{"product_id":"music-of-azerbaijan-from-mugham-to-opera-hardback-9780253019370","title":"Music of Azerbaijan; From Mugham to Opera (Hardback) 9780253019370","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMusic of Azerbaijan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Mugham to Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAida Huseynova (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253019370\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 March 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, 91 music exx., 27 b\u0026amp;w illus., 2 maps, 33 video, 30 audio - 27 Illustrations, black and white - 2 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI recommend this book not only for the lovers of \u003cem\u003emugham\u003c\/em\u003e music, or solely for musicologists and ethnomusicologists, but also for those interested in the processes of the\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eold Soviet Union, in musical change, and in the struggles and syntheses of national and global tendencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e (Asian Music) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMusic of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera\u003c\/em\u003e, is wellresearched and thoughtfully structured. The writing is fluent and pleasant to read, and the book achieves its goal of providing a detailed overview of composed music in Azerbaijan in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e (Slavic Review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAida Huseynova's book \u003ci\u003eMusic of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a rare resource for the exploration of Azerbaijani art music of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e (Notes) \u003cp\u003eMusic of Azerbaijan paves the path for crucial research avenues on Azerbaijani musical culture.\u003c\/p\u003e (Fontes Artis Musice)\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the development of Azerbaijani art music from its origins in the Eastern, modal, improvisational tradition known as mugham through its fusion with Western classical, jazz, and world art music. Aida Huseynova places the fascinating and little-known history of music in Azerbaijan against the vivid backdrop of cultural life under Soviet influence, which paradoxically both encouraged and repressed the evolution of national musics and post-Soviet independence. Inspired by their neighbors to the East and West, Azerbaijani musicians enjoyed a period of remarkable creativity, composing and performing the first opera and the first ballet in the Muslim East, establishing the region's first Opera and Ballet Theater and Conservatory of Music, and discovering ways to merge the modal lyricism of mugham with the rhythmic dynamics of jazz. Drawing on previously unstudied archives, letters, and documents as well as her experience as an Azerbaijani musician and educator, Huseynova shows how Azerbaijani musical development was not a product of Soviet cultural policies but rather grew from and reflected deep and complex cultural processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthnomusicology Multimedia Series Preface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Language and Transliteration\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Azerbaijani Musical Nationalism during the Pre-Soviet and Soviet Eras \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Pioneers of the New Azerbaijani Musical Identity\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: The Russian-Soviet Factor: Facilitating or Disrupting Synthesis? \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: The Beginning of the National Style: 1900-The 1930s \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Growing Maturity: 1940-The Early 1960s \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: The Spirit of Experimentalism: Since the 1960s\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Songwriters \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Jazz Mugham\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Leaving the Post-Soviet Era Behind \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: \"Mugham Opera\" of the Silk Road\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523982094616,"sku":"9780253019370","price":45.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/music-of-azerbaijan-from-mugham-to-opera-hardback-9780253019370","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}