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Uzbek and Tajik Maqam
Classical music traditions of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
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Undergraduate 4
12/15/2010

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Bukhara
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home of the Shashmaqam
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Khiva
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home of the Khorezm Maqam
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Qoghanda
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home of the Ferghana-Tashkent Maqam
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Shashmaqam
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250 pieces, 6 suites, each suite named after a melodic mode
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Khorezm Maqam
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parallels w/ Shashmaqam, but different melodic material
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Alti-Yarim
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"six and a half", alternate name for Khorezm Maqam, due to one suite only including instrumental
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Ferghana-Tashkent Maqam
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lighter and faster, also more popular.
Alternatively called "Char"-Maqam, with 4 suites
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What language are the texts in?
Definition
drawn from Persion and Chagatay poetry.
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awj
Definition
climax of a song
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shube
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a small group of related pieces within one maqam
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aruz
Definition
system of poetic meters
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usul
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rhythmic mode
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Dutar
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2 stringed, long-necked lute
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Sato
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a bowed tambur, with one bowed string and 4 sympathetic strings
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Tambur
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Plucked, long-necked lute, one plucked string and 4 sympathetic strings
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Doira
Definition
framed drum with jingles
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Qoshnav
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End-blown double-pipe, each pipe with own reed
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ghijak
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spike-fiddle
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Chang
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strucked zither
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Surnai
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oboe
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Karnai
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long ceremonial trumpet
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Otanazar Matyakubov
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Head of Dept. of Eastern Music, Tashkent State Conservatory
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Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky
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Russian Musicologist who helped found Tashkent State Conservatory
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Aleksei Fedorovich Kozlovsky
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Wrote first symphonic composition of Uzbekistan, "Lola"
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Ulugbek
Definition
opera composed by Kozlovsky

goal to create opera that appealed to Russians and Uzbeks
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Mutavaqqil Burxaanov
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studied at Moscow conservatory,and aimed to blend Uzbek and Euro sounds

wrote Nawa'i
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Xudabergan
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Mafioso from Khorezm, huge patron of the arts

neo-feudalism, displays of wealth
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gap
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in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, male gathering with food, drink and music, where a mullah leads a discussion on a religious topic
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abdal
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term used by Levin to describe a musician who lives an "exemplary life", dedicating their life to playing music for worship
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Turgun Alimatov
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non-conservatory musician, criticizes the "freezing" of the Shashmaqam

He takes a freer, "alive" approach to Shashmaqam
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saz
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harmony
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Arif Xatamov
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set songs to poetry of 12th century poet, Yassawi
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Yulduz Usmanova
Definition
Pop queen, studied at conservatory
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