Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut
- Author: Burkhalter, Thomas
In this welcome volume, Burkhalter introduces the reader to a string of flourishing, cosmopolitan alternative music scenes in Beirut, via a survey of several musical genres (electronica, jazz,... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction
- PART I : Theory and Methodology - Music Making in a Digitalized World
- 1. Globalization and Digitalization in Music
- 2. Theoretical Frame
- 3. Methodological Approach
- PART II : Ethnography - Musicians from Beirut Born During the Lebanese Civil War
- 4. Experimental Music
- 5. Metal Music and Classic Rock
- 6. Urban Music
- 7. Rap
- 8. Transnational Networks (Human Hubs)
- 9. Music as a Media Product
- 10. Musicians as Actors
- PART III : Analysis - Six Key Tracks from Beirut
- 11. Zeid Hamdan: "Aranis" (Remixed)
- 12. Garo Gdanian: "Remains of a Bloodbath"
- 13. Mazen Kerbaj: "Blblb Flblb," "ZRRRT," "PIIIIIIIIIIII"
- 14. Raed Yassin: "Civil War Tapes"
- 15. Charbel Haber: "Track 5"
- 16. Rayess Bek: "Schizophrenia"
- PART IV : History - Sonic Traces from the Past and Present
- 17. Ground Setting: The Urbanization and Europeanization of Music in the Arab World
- 18. Modern Music from Cairo - Old Music from Aleppo
- 19. European Music and Christian Hymns in Beirut (1926 - 1948)
- 20. The Creation of a "Lebanese Music" (1948 - 1967)
- 21. Nasserism versus Tourism (1952 - 1967)
- 22. The Rise of Dissident Culture and Alternative Music (1968 - 1975)
- 23. Bombs, Protest, Propaganda and Rock Music from the Lebanese Civil War (1975 - 1990)
- 24. Pan-Arabic Pop and the 2006 War
- PART V : Meaning - Reading Lebanese Music Making from Different Perspectives
- 25. Historical Perspectives
- 26. Socio-Political Perspectives
- 27. Geo-Political Perspectives
- 28. Psychological Perspectives
- 29. Aesthetical Perspectives
- 30. Euro-American Perspectives
- Conclusion