{"product_id":"tarab-music-ecstasy-emotion-and-performance-hardback-9781477331439","title":"Tarab; Music, Ecstasy, Emotion, and Performance (Hardback) 9781477331439","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTarab\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMusic, Ecstasy, Emotion, and Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Frishkopf (Edited by), Scott Marcus (Edited by), Dwight Reynolds (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477331439, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 25 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.626 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\"The field of ethnomusicology is changing, and this volume shows us how by engaging with historical, comparative, music psychological, popular music, and sound studies in addition to  other fields. The editors and authors sum up this entire field of study well, but also show that same field in motion. This volume is nothing short of a landmark moment in ethnomusicology.\" - Martin Stokes, \u003ci\u003eKing's College, London\u003c\/i\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eMusic and Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\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\n\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Note on Transliteration \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e An Introduction to Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab: Music, Ecstasy, Emotion, and Performance (Michael Frishkopf, Scott Marcus, and Dwight F. Reynolds) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab in Extremis in Medieval Arabic Sources (Dwight F. Reynolds) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. The Other Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab (George Dmitri Sawa) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Judeo-Sufi Musical Intersections (Edwin Seroussi) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. A Tale of Two Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earabs: Intercultural Music in the Late Ottoman Empire (John O’\u003cbr\u003eConnell) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Sayyid Darwish and Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab (Virginia Danielson) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. From Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab to Turā\u003cbr\u003eth: Fifty Years of Arab Music Heritage in Egypt (Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab in the Grooves: Reconsidering a Transitional Moment in the Arab American Arts Economy (Anne K. Rasmussen) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. The Two Tenors: The Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab Artistry of Wadih El Safi and Sabah Fakhri (Sami W. Asmar) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. The Sufi Source of Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab (Michael Frishkopf) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. From Lament to Prayer: Music and Emotional Shifts in the Funeral Ritual of the Maronite Christians in Lebanon (Guilnard Moufarrej) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. Heroism, Desire, Ecstasy: Qamili i VogË\u003cbr\u003el, Kosova Albanian Urban Song, and the Cultivation of Elation (Jane C. Sugarman) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 12. Sweaty Transcendence and Affect: The Labor of Musical Ecstasy (Sonia Tamar Seeman) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 13. Teaching Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab: Embodied Interpersonal Learning in University Ensembles (Anne Elise Thomas) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 14. Songs of the Ṭ\u003cbr\u003earab Repertoire: Sites for Understandings Beyond Affect (Scott Marcus) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 15. 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