Échos-monde: Towards a hybrid repertoire of contemporary and experimental acoustic, electroacoustic and electronic Arabic music

Allami, Khyam (2022) Échos-monde: Towards a hybrid repertoire of contemporary and experimental acoustic, electroacoustic and electronic Arabic music. Doctoral thesis, Birmingham City University.

Preview	Text (Thesis) Khyam Allami_PhD Thesis Published_Final Version_Submitted 12 4 22_Final Award 18 10 22.pdf - Accepted Version Download (35MB)
Preview	Other (Score) 2.1. Constellations I Huzam [score].pdf - Accepted Version Download (106kB)
Preview	Other (Score) 2.2. Atadata [score].pdf - Accepted Version Download (387kB)
Preview	Other (Score) 2.3. Ma-a a-ba ud me-na gin [score].pdf - Accepted Version Download (658kB)
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	Audio 3.2. Constellations I - Huzam [audio].wav - Accepted Version Download (188MB)
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	Audio 3.5. Naghamiya I - Istiftah Al-Rast [audio].wav - Accepted Version Download (93MB)
	Audio 3.6.2. ’32 - Part IV [audio].wav - Accepted Version Download (218MB)
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Preview	Text App 9. Allami 24 tone Tuning system (2022).pdf - Accepted Version Download (464kB)
Preview	Text App 11. Allami, K. (2019) Microtonality and the Struggle (1).pdf - Accepted Version Download (3MB)
Preview	Text App 12. Allami, K. (2021b) The Third Place.pdf - Accepted Version Download (768kB)
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	Audio 3.6.1. 32 - Part I [audio].wav - Accepted Version Download (277MB)
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	Audio 3.8. Ma-a a-ba ud me-na gin [audio].wav - Accepted Version Download (198MB)
	Audio 3.9. Mkhalef [audio].wav - Accepted Version Download (422MB)

Abstract

The pluriversal richness of Arabic musical culture provides a fertile
ground for artistic experimentation. Whilst the 20th century witnessed
many developments of its theory and practice, innovative exploration of its
core principles and logics has been conspicuously rare. This doctoral
research considers how to achieve experimental composition whilst
maintaining both one's culture and individuality. Through this, it aims to
create a repertoire of musical works based on, and inspired by, the cross-
pollination of Arabic music fundamentals with experimental compositional
techniques, instrumentation and technologies.

Music-making today has become inextricably reliant on sonic
technologies, and whereas research about this is detailed and varied, the
impact of these technologies on transcultural musical practice has been
little discussed. Drawing on Édouard Glissant’s theories of Relation for
navigation, this research interweaves the practice of composition with
critical study, identifying and addressing the scholarly, technological and
creative challenges encountered. By using tuning as a prism, it highlights
the repressed possibilities of transcultural music-making as a result of the
inherited biases embedded within sonic technologies and the music theory
underpinning them, positing them as dominant remnants of Anglo-
European colonial logics. In response, it offers solutions through a body of
creative work and open access technological tools, that could be used to
inspire a transcultural sonic imaginary.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Dates:	Date Event 12 April 2022 Submitted 18 October 2022 Accepted
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Experimental Arab music composition, Maqam, Tuning, Cultural bias of sonic technologies, Édouard Glissant, Leimma Apotome
Subjects:	CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Music Doctoral Research College > Doctoral Theses Collection
Depositing User:	Richard Birley
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2022 14:10
Last Modified:	21 Dec 2022 14:10
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14036

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