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  • Songs of the Arabian Red Sea: A Cultural History

    Songs of the Arabian Red Sea by Agius, Dionisius A.; Alhazmi, Muhammad Zafer; Hujairi, Hasan;

    A Cultural History

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    • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
    • Date of Publication 21 August 2025
    • Number of Volumes Hardback

    • ISBN 9780755634064
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages264 pages
    • Size 236x164x20 mm
    • Weight 550 g
    • Language English
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    Song and music have always played an important part in the cultural identity of the mariners and coastal peoples of the Red Sea. While previous studies on the maritime culture of this region have focused on the sailing vessel, the dhow, and seafaring communities, this is the first book to examine its rich musical repertoire.
    Using fieldwork conducted along the Hijaz and Upper Tihama coasts, The Songs of the Arabian Red Sea documents examples of different musical forms and styles as well as the stories of older mariners who describe the contexts in which songs were sung, from sea shanties during the working day to soulful ballads about home and loved ones at night. Presenting the songs and their lyrics in the context of the geography, culture, oral history and musicology of the region, the book reveals the complex and connected network that influenced their development and the vital place of song and music for diverse communities of the region.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
    List of Excerpts of Audio Recordings of Sea Songs
    Acknowledgements
    List of Abbreviations
    Note on the Transliteration System
    Chapter 1 Songs of a Seafaring People: The Ahazij
    Chapter 2 Meeting Singers in the Coastal Towns of Red Sea Arabia
    Chapter 3 The Sea Town Landscape
    Chapter 4 The Sea and the Mariner
    Chapter 5 The Musical Landscape in a Historical, Literary, and Cultural Context
    Chapter 6 The Musical Instruments
    Chapter 7 The Nabwas: Sea Shanties and Their Melodies
    Chapter 8 The Sea Mawwals of the Arabian Red Sea
    Chapter 9 Precursory Raptures: The Call of Northern Tihama
    Chapter 10 The Sea Kasras of the Hijaz
    Chapter 11 Sea Ballads in Poetry and Song: The Al-Anashid Al-Sha'abiyya Al-Bahriyya
    Chapter 12 Reflections and Conclusions
    Appendices
    Glossary
    Bibliography
    Index

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