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The Voice of Egypt Umm Kulthum Arabic Song and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century - Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
Author: Virginia Danielson
Umm Kulthum, the "voice of Egypt," was the most celebrated musical performer of the century in the Arab world. More than twenty years after her death, her devoted audience, drawn from all strata of Arab society, still numbers in the millions. Thanks to her skillful and pioneering use of mass media, her songs still permeate the international airw...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226136110
ISBN-10: 0226136116
Publication Date: 1/19/1998
Pages: 288
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Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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