UC Berkeley Extension Presents
The Traditions of Arabic Music
Questioning Identity Humanities Lecture Series
- When
- Thu Oct 23, 2008
- Where
- University of California Berkeley Extension
- Time
- 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Tags
- Music, World Music, Education, Seminars
Description
Both western classical and Arabic classical music traditions are sophisticated, rich, and have deep historic roots. They offer extremely different listening experiences, but they did not always sound as different as they do today. How and why did this change?It’s intriguing to ask why western classical music sounds so fundamentally different from Arab and other Asian and north African classical music when they share the same roots in Greek, Roman, and Persian music?
We are today frequently faced with—and even confused by—questions of identity. Individuals and groups seek to reaffirm or refine their identity within the context of a dynamic and pluralistic society. Sometimes this effort is dismissed as "identity politics." Is the intense interest in identity just a symptom of narcissistic contemporary life, or does this preoccupation have much deeper roots? In this series of four public lectures, UC Berkeley faculty and Extension instructors explore dimensions of identity.
More Info
- Link
- http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/artsandletters/
- Call
- (510) 642-4111
- Contact Form (account required)
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