Burkhalter, Thomas,  1973- <br/><br/>
Local music scenes and globalization  transnational platforms in Beirut /  [electronic resource] : 
Thomas Burkhalter. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2013. 
 - xiv, 303 p. :  ill. 
 - Routledge studies in ethnomusicology ;  3 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index. 
<br/><br/>Theory and methodology : music making in a digitalized world. Globalization and digitalization in music ; Theoretical frame ; Methodological approach -- Ethnography : musicians from Beirut born during the Lebanese civil war. Experimental music ; Metal music and classic rock ; Urban music ; Rap ; Transnational networks (human hubs) ; Music as a media product ; Musicians as actors -- Analysis : six key tracks from Beirut. Zeid Hamdan: Aranis (remixed) ; Garo Gdanian: Remains of a bloodbath ; Mazen Kerbaj : Blblb flblb, Zrrrt, Piiiiiiiiiiii ; Raed Yassin : Civil war tapes ; Charbel Haber : Track 5 : Rayess Bek : Schizophrenia -- History : sonic traces from the past and present. Ground setting : the urbanization and Europeanization of music in the Arab world ; Modern music from Cairo, old music from Aleppo ; European music and Christian hymns in Beirut (1926-1948) ; The creation of a Lebanese music (1948-1967) ; Nasserism versus tourism (1952-1967) ; The rise of dissident culture and alternative music (1968-1975) ; Bombs, protest, propaganda and rock music from the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) ; Pan-Arabic pop and the 2006 war -- Meaning : reading Lebanese music making from different perspectives. Historical perspectives ; Socio-political perspectives ; Geo-political perspectives ; Psychological perspectives ; Aesthetical perspectives ; Euro-american perspectives. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203598252 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Music and globalization--Lebanon.<br/>Music and transnationalism--Lebanon.<br/>Popular music--Social aspects--Lebanon--Beirut.<br/>Popular music--Political aspects--Lebanon--Beirut.<br/>Music--History and criticism.--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century<br/>Popular music--History and criticism.--Lebanon--Beirut
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3917.L43  / B87 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>780.95692/5