MUSIC / Regional & Cultural

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

During the Abbasid era, philosophers such as Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī made significant contributions to multiple disciplines, including music theory. Regarded as the “Second Teacher,” al-Fārābī developed a comprehensive philosophical account of music that examined its relationship with emotion, intellect, and human well-being, most notably in Kitāb al-Mūsīqā al-Kabīr. By the fifteenth century, the Arabic ‘ūd had influence…

Reference · Wikidata

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Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Many musical genres are particular to some geographical region or to an ethnic, religious or linguistic group.

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Book · DOAB

Baltic Musics Beyond the Post-Soviet is a collection of essays and conversations bringing together different generations of scholars and artists to advance critical conversations in Baltic cultural studies from the position of music and sound. The book focuses on chronologies and imaginaries emerging as the post-Soviet – always once occupied, once colonized – is decentred in Baltic musical life and scholarship, part…

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There is a documentation of Welsh cultural festivals and competitions celebrating music and poetry in King county as early as 1890. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Eisteddfod Association of Seattle was made up of sponsors from all parts of Washington and Oregon. The competition was held in the Exposition Auditorium on August 27th and 28th, 1909. Caption on brochure: " Mor o gan yw Cymru i gyd", Translated: "Wales is a sea …