"The Voice of Egypt": Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century: 1997 (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

by Virginia Danielson (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1998

  $29.34

  Umm Kulthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her success in a society which discouraged women from public performance.