Adventures in compiling bibliographies: Arabic #MusicTheory edition. PART IX Central Asia.
Seeing the Kazkh Music History Survey, it wasn't surprising to find it founded on Arabic Music rather than WAM ones.
Reading this now.
doi.org/10.1080/106119…
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I've been doing work and exploring music from that region since 2009 with musician and dance culture bearers, but I've never been as familiar with the theoretical (and historical) foundations of most of those traditions as I am with MENAT regions.
The 20th cent. and (obviously) Medieval Arabic periods I'm familiar with, but the period linking the two, plus early Medieval literatures from those regions, are spotty for me. Looking forward to filling those gaps. So much of the literature is in native languages though.
Updated with this thread.
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Side Note: And I really appreciate Petrosyan's Doyra notation (developed in 1952). It's actually pretty intuitive to read for experienced MENAT hand percussionists that also read standard Western notation. I don't even miss the middle line in the staff!
It was really only a matter of time before I had to loo at the rich history of Central Asian music ecosystems to see how Arabic Music Theory treatises became one of the foundations of their musics.
And it took me the longest time to find something that referenced Petrosyan's development of the adapted notation. Discovered a couple of 600+ page books on the history of Uzbek music that helped (though one was in Russian and the other was in Uzbek).
The DOI doesn't direct to this, but here's a link to Mamirova Odinahon's "Knowing the History of Makom - Knowledge" discussing 16th/17th c. treatises--a little late for the Arab Music Theory Bib, but necessary for the larger Global Music Theory project.
journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE…
"The Development of Central Asian Art Music" - Mansurova Nigoraxon Rustamjonovna
agir.academiascience.org/index.php/agir…
"Tales and Fables of the Chang (Harp) in Darvish Ali’s Risalei Musiqi" - Sławomira Żerańska-Kominek
doi.org/10.1353/amu.0.…
"Writing the History of Unwritten Music: On the Treatise of Darwesh ‘Ali Changi (17th Century)" - Sławomira Żerańska-Kominek
doi.org/10.5871/bacad/…
"A Look at the History of Instrumental Performance" - Haydarov Azizbek, Talaboyev Azizjon, Madaminov Siddiqjon, and Mamatov Jalolxon
turkjphysiotherrehabil.org/pub/pdf/321/32…
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