The Music of Central Asia, Ebook 2

Theodore Levin

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This beautiful and informative enhanced ebook—so comprehensive it had to be split into two volumes, ebook 1 and ebook 2—offers a detailed introduction to the musical heritage of Central Asia for readers and listeners worldwide. Music of Central Asia balances "insider" and "outsider" perspectives with contributions by 27 authors from 14 countries. This stunning electronic book allows readers the opportunity to deeply engage with source material through over 180 embedded audio and video, pop-up study questions, transliterations and translations of performed texts, and direct links to the companion website (www.musicofcentralasia.org). The audio and video examples include transliterations and translations of the performed texts and a follow-along feature highlights the song lyrics in the text, as the audio samples play. This generously illustrated book is supplemented with boxes and sidebars, musician profiles, and an illustrated glossary of musical instruments, making it an indispensable resource for both general readers and specialists.

Ebook 1 includes part I, "Music and Culture in Central Asia," an introductory overview of the music and musical instruments of Central Asia, and part II, "The Nomadic World," which focuses on music and musical life in historically nomadic regions of Central Asia. Ebook 2 contains part III, "The World of Sedentary Dwellers," which focuses on music and musical life in historically settled regions of Central Asia, and part IV, "Central Asian Music in the Age of Globalization," which addresses "the future of the past," focusing on cultural revitalization and renewal, tradition-based popular music, and contemporary music inspired but not constrained by tradition.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Accessing Music Examples
A Note on Music Terminology
Guide to Transliteration
Timeline of Central Asian History

Ebook 1
Part I: Music and Culture in Central Asia
1. Music in Central Asia: An Overview / Theodore Levin
2. Musical Instruments in Central Asia / Theodore Levin
Part II: The Nomadic World
Prologue: Who Are the Nomads of Central Asia? / Theodore Levin
3. Introduction to Oral Epic / Elmira Köchümkulova
4. The Epic Manas / Elmira Köchümkulova
5. Oral Epic in Kazakhstan: Körughly and a Dynasty of Great Jyraus / Uljan Baibosynova
6. Music of the Karakalpaks
Part I: The Epic World of the Karakalpaks: Jyrau and Baqsy / Frédéric Léotar
Part II: Qyssakhan: Performer of Written and Oral Literature / Kalmurza Kurbanov and Saida Daukeyeva
7. The Art of the Turkmen Bagshy / Jamilya Gurbanova
8. The Turkmen Dutar / David Fossum
9. Kyrgyz Wisdom Songs: Terme Yrlary / Elmira Köchümkulova
10. Aqyns and Improvised-Poetry Competitions among the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz / Elmira Köchümkulova and Jangül Qojakhmetova
11. Singing Traditions of the Kazakhs / Saida Daukeyeva
12. Kyrgyz Funeral Laments / Elmira Köchümkulova
13. Kyrgyz Wedding Songs / Elmira Köchümkulova
14. Narrative Instrumental Music: Kazakh Küi and Kyrgyz Küü / Sayra Raymbergenova and Nurlanbek Nyshanov
Profile: Abdulhait Raiymbergenov / Theodore Levin
Profile: Nurak Abdyrakhmanov / Elmira Köchümkulova
15. Kyrgyz Jaw Harps / Nurlanbek Nyshanov
16. The Kazakh Qobyz: Between Tradition and Modernity / Saida Daukeyeva
17. Dombyra Performance, Migration, and Memory among Mongolian Kazakhs / Saida Daukeyeva

Ebook 2
Part III: The World of Sedentary-Dwellers
Prologue: Patterns of Culture: Sedentary-Dwellers / Theodore Levin
18. Maqom Traditions of the Tajiks and Uzbeks / William Sumits and Theodore Levin
Profile: The Academy of Maqom / Abduvali Abdurashidov
Profile: Turgun Alimatov / Theodore Levin
19. The Uyghur MuqaZ / Rachel Harris
20. New Images of Azerbaijani Mugham in the Twentieth Century / Aida Huseynova
Profile: Alim and Fargana Qasimov / Theodore Levin
21. Popular Classics: Traditional Singer-Songwriters in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan / Theodore Levin
22. Religious Music and Chant in the Culture of Sedentary-Dwellers / Aleksandr Djumaev
23. Sufism and the Ceremony of Zikr in Ghulja / Mukaddas Mijit
24. Dastan Performance among the Uyghurs / Rahile Dawut and Elise Anderson
25. Female Musicians in Uzbekistan: Otin-oy, Dutarchi, and Maqomchi / Razia Sultanova
26. Music in the City of Bukhara / Theodore Levin and Aleksandr Djumaev
Profile: Ari Babakhanov / Aleksandr Djumaev
27. Music and Culture in Badakhshan / Theodore Levin
28. The Maddoh Tradition of Badakhshan / Benjamin Koen
Music Example: Maddoh / Theodore Levin
29. Qasoid-khonī in the Wakhan Valley of Badakhshan / Chorshanbe Goibnazarov
30. Falak: Spiritual Songs of the Mountains Tajiks / Faroghat Azizi
Part IV: Central Asian Music in the Age of Globalization
31. Revitalizing Musical Traditions: The Aga Khan Music Initiative / Theodore Levin
Nurturing Local Talent, Creating Global Connections / Fairouz Nishanova
The Genesis of Rainbow / Theodore Levin
32. Cultural Renewal in Kyrgyzstan: Neotraditionalism and the New Era in Kyrgyz Music / Raziya Syrdybaeva
33. Popular Music in Uzbekistan / Kerstin Klenke
34. Innovation in Tradition: Some Examples from Music and Theater in Uzbekistan / Aleksandr Djumaev
35. Tradition-Based Popular Music in Contemporary Tajikistan / Federico Spinetti

Musical Instrument Glossary
Glossary of Terms
Inventory of Audio and Video Examples
List of Contributors
Index

Sujets

• Musique
• Culture musicale
• Musique
• MUSIC
• Multiple signal classification
• General officer
• World music
• General
• International
• Musiques du monde

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 15 décembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253029225
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1534 Mo

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THE MUSIC OF CENTRAL ASIA

THE MUSIC OF

CENTRAL ASIA

EDITED BY

T HEODORE L EVIN
S aida D aukeyeva
E lmira K öchümkulova

EBOOK TWO

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANAPOLIS

The co-editors and Indiana University Press gratefully acknowledge the support and collaboration of the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, in the publication of this volume, whose content has been enriched by the Music Initiative’s activities.

A GA K HAN T RUST FOR C ULTURE
Music Initiative
This book is a publication of Indiana University Press Office of Scholarly Publishing Herman B Wells Library 350 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA iupress.indiana.edu © 2016 by Aga Khan Music Initiative All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The music of Central Asia / edited by Theodore Levin, Saida Daukeyeva, and Elmira Köchümkulova. pages cm Includes index. ISBN 978-0-253-01751-2 (cloth)—ISBN 978-0-253-01764-2 (ebook) 1. Music—Asia, Central—History and criticism. I. Levin, Theodore Craig, editor. II. Daukeeva, Saida Diasovna, editor. III. Köchümkulova, Elmira, editor. ML3758.A783M87 2015 780.958—dc23 2015020867 1 2 3 4 5 21 20 19 18 17 16 Front cover illustration: Sebastian Schutyser. Courtesy of the Aga Khan Music Initiative.
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P REFACE IX
A cknowledgments XIII
A ccessing M usic E xamples xv
A N ote on M usic T erminology xvii
G uide to T ransliteration xix
T imeline of C entral A sian H istory xxi
Ebook I P art I. M usic and C ulture in C entral A sia
C hapter 1 M usic in C entral A sia : A n O verview 3
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C hapter 2 M usical I nstruments in C entral A sia 26
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P art II. T he N omadic W orld
P rologue W ho A re the N omads of C entral A sia ? 41
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C hapter 3 I ntroduction to C entral A sian E pic T raditions 43
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C hapter 4 T he K yrgyz E pic M anas 52
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C hapter 5 O ral E pic in K azakhstan : K örughly and a D ynasty of G reat J yrau s 76
Uljan Baibosynova
C hapter 6 M usic of the K arakalpaks 86
P art 1 T he E pic W orld of the K arakalpaks: J yrau and B aqsy 86
Frédéric Léotar
P art 2 Q yssakhan: P erformer of W ritten and O ral L iterature 95
Kalmurza Kurbanov and Saida Daukeyeva
C hapter 7 T he A rt of the T urkmen B agshy 123
Jamilya Gurbanova
C hapter 8 T he T urkmen D utar 145
David Fossum
C hapter 9 K yrgyz W isdom S ongs: T erme Y rlary 153
Elmira Köchümkulova
C hapter 10 A qyn s and I mprovised P oetry C ompetitions among the K azakhs and K yrgyz 172
Elmira Köchümkulova and Jangül Qojakhmetova
C hapter 11 S inging T raditions of the K azakhs 220
Alma Kunanbaeva
C hapter 12 K yrgyz F uneral L aments 239
Elmira Köchümkulova
C hapter 13 K yrgyz W edding S ongs 261
Elmira Köchümkulova
C hapter 14 N arrative I nstrumental M usic 278
P art 1 K azakh K üi 279
Saida Daukeyeva
P art 2 K yrgyz K üü 309
Nurlanbek Nyshanov
C hapter 15 K yrgyz J aw H arps 326
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C hapter 16 T he K azakh Q obyz: B etween T radition and M odernity 331
Saida Daukeyeva
C hapter 17 D ombyra P erformance , M igration, and M emory among M ongolian K azakhs 346
Saida Daukeyeva
Ebook II P art III. T he W orld of S edentary D wellers
P rologue P atterns of C ulture : S edentary D wellers 361
Theodore Levin
C hapter 18 M aqom T raditions of the T ajiks and U zbeks 364
Will Sumits and Theodore Levin
C hapter 19 T he U yghur M uqam 388
Rachel Harris
C hapter 20 N ew I mages of A zerbaijani M ugham in the T wentieth C entury 398
Aida Huseynova
C hapter 21 P opular C lassics: T raditional S inger -S ongwriters in U zbekistan and T ajikistan 411
Theodore Levin
C hapter 22 R eligious M usic and C hant in the C ulture of S edentary D wellers 423
Aleksandr Djumaev
C hapter 23 S ufism and the C eremony of Z ikr in G hulja 444
Mukaddas Mijit
C hapter 24 D astan P erformance among the U yghurs 451
Rahile Dawut and Elise Anderson
C hapter 25 F emale M usicians in U zbekistan: O tin-oy , D utarchi , and M aqomchi 471
Razia Sultanova
C hapter 26 M usic in the C ity of B ukhara 485
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C hapter 27 M usic and C ulture in B adakhshan 511
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C hapter 28 T he M addoh T radition of B adakhshan 520
Benjamin D. Koen
C hapter 29 Q asoid-khonī in the W akhan V alley of B adakhshan 535
Chorshanbe Goibnazarov
C hapter 30 F alak: S piritual S ongs of the M ountain T ajiks 555
Faroghat Azizi
P art IV. C entral A sian M usic in the A ge of G lobalization
C hapter 31 R evitalizing M usical T raditions: T he A ga K han M usic I nitiative 571
Theodore Levin
C hapter 32 C ultural R enewal in K yrgyzstan: N eo-traditionalism and the N ew E ra in K yrgyz M usic 591
Raziya Syrdybaeva
C hapter 33 P opular M usic in U zbekistan 605
Kerstin Klenke
C hapter 34 I nnovation in T radition: S ome E xamples from M usic and T heater in U zbekistan 627
Aleksandr Djumaev
C hapter 35 T radition -B ased P opular M usic in C ontemporary T ajikistan 636
Federico Spinetti
M usical I nstrument G lossary 647
G lossary of T erms 659
I nventory of A udio and V ideo E xamples 671
E ditors 683
C ontributors 687
I ndex 695
P REFACE
The Music of Central Asia came to life as part of a larger project with an ambitiousobjective: to contribute to the revitalization and continuing evolution of musicalculture and creativity in Central Asia while bringing the region’s rich and diversemusical traditions to the attention of listeners around the world. This project, ongoing since 2000, has been spearheaded by the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a non-governmental cultural development program that supports talented musicians andmusic educators working to preserve, transmit, and cultivate their musical heritagein contemporary forms. 1 The Music of Central Asia was envisaged both as a resource for Central Asians to learn about the musical heritage of their own region(translation into local languages is planned for the future) and as an introductionto the region’s music and expressive culture for those who live beyond its borders. Itcan be used as a textbook—read systematically to build comprehensive knowledgeabout interlinked topics—or approached as a reference work forinformation onspecific musical styles, repertoires, and traditions.
Due to its length, this ebook has been divided into two volumes, though together they are meant to be a complete book. Ebook 1 contains parts I and II, while ebook 2 continues with parts III and IV . The first part, “Music and Culture in Central Asia,” offers an overview of Central Asian music and musical instruments. The second and third parts, “The Nomadic World” and “The World of Sedentary Dwellers,” survey musical life in thecontext of the two major axes of Central Asiancivilization—axes that remain influential in our own time. Through a series of chapters devoted to particular musicalgenres, styles, repertoires, and individual musicians, these sections offer a composite portrait of Central Asia’s musical heritage. The fourth section, “Central AsianMusic in the Age of Globalization,” focuses on what one might call “the future ofthe past”—how traditional forms of music-making are beingadapted, appropriated, transformed, and revitalized by a variety of contemporary actors and stakeholders in the domain of arts and culture. In each section, the aim is to presentmusic and musical heritage not simply as fixed repertoires and traditions inheritedfrom the past, but rather as the continually evolving product of dynamic culturalprocesses driven by innovative creators, trends in taste and fashion, the exigenciesof politics, and forces of social change emanating from near and far.
Deciding which repertoires and traditions to include in The Music of CentralAsia presented a challenge. First of all, what exactly do we mean by “Central Asia”?The panoply of cultural, physical, and political markers that, in various combinations, have been used to define the region underscores the imprecision of itsboundaries (definitions of Central Asia are discussed in the overview in chapter 1).Two areas that many if not most geographers would include as belonging to CentralAsia are missing in this book: Afghanistan north of the Hindu Kush Mountains,and Khorasan, which encompasses northeastern Iran and historically covered a


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