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  Music of Indonesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gamelan salendro is used primarily to accompany classical or more modern social dances, and is considered a low-class form.
The 20th century saw a rise in the popularity and importance of male and female singers.
Qasidah is an ancient Arabic word for religious poetry accompanied by chanting and percussion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Indonesia   (1204 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Music of Indonesia
Gamelan Degung is a Sundanese musical ensemble that utilises a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of pelog scale.
Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the...
A qasida (also spelled qasidah) in Arabic قصيدة, in Persian قصیده, is a form of poetry from pre-Islamic Arabia.
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 Islam Books 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
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 List of genres of music: N-R - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Taiwanese Song - modern Taiwanese pop music which combines ballads, rock and roll and hip hop
Nhac dan toc cai bien - modernized forms of Vietnamese folk music which arose in the 1950s
Qasidah - Epic religious poetry accompanied by percussion and chanting
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 Piranha MusicScout -
Qasidah is a classical Arabic word for epic religious poetry, traditionally performed by a storyteller / singer accompanied by percussion and chanting.
The Qasidah Modern cover versions of Arabic hits set teenagers on fire - from Jakarta to Dar-Es-Salam.
Despite (or because of?) moralistic lyrics "Keadila" (justice) is the stuff of which adolescent dreams are made of.
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 ode --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
In pre-Islamic Arabic poetry, the ode flourished in the form of the qasidah.
The qasidah was also used in Persian poetry for panegyric and elegies in the 10th century, gradually being replaced by the shorter ghazal for bacchic odes and love poetry.
Alcman (7th century BC) originated the strophic arrangement of the ode, which is a rhythmic system composed of two or...
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9056750   (995 words)

  
 THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE MUSIC OF INDONESIA
At the start of the 70s, modern pop music styles were created that emphasized their Indonesian feel, to combat the free flowing importation of western music, but under those same influences of rock, jazz and latin music.
The leading exponents of Islamic pop, qasidah modern, Nasida Ria from Semerang in Central Java, are a nine piece all women group under the leadership of H.Mudrikah Zain.
Their music is an updated form of qasidah, originally a storytelling/singing form of Arabic religious epics accompanied by chanting and percussion.
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 Music of Indonesia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
A (A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring) pop form, called pop Sunda, became internationally famous in the (The decade from 1980 to 1989) 1980s.
The (additional info and facts about 20th century) 20th century saw a rise in the popularity and importance of male and female singers.
(additional info and facts about Qasidah) Qasidah is an ancient (The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects) Arabic word for religious poetry accompanied by chanting and percussion.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/music_of_indonesia.htm   (1412 words)

  
 AudioDiscourse: examples   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Qasidah modern was created in the 1970s on the basis of Arabic-derived musical entertainment in traditionalist Muslim circles.
The singers and musicians in qasidah moderen groups tend to be women.
Performed by Qasidah Moderen Nasyida Ria Semarang directed by Mudrikah Zain.
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 Lombokpages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
We can find this dance in several village in lombok and oftenly perforrmed in lenek village, East Lombok Regency.
The Ranaba Qasidah team, that is zikir recitation with "Rebana" (tambourine), has been known since long ago in several parts of lombok, now the modern "Rebana Qasidah" is developing since the National MTQ (Musaba Qah Tilawatil Qur'an) learning to read/recife the Qur'an wasnel in Mataram.
Almost in every village in lombok we can find Rebana Qasidah associations, either registered or unregistered.
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 Arabic literature
The most celebrated poems of the pre-Islamic period were known as the mu'allaqat ("the suspended"), reputedly because they were considered sufficiently outstanding to be hung on the walls of the ka'ba in Makkah.
The typical poem of this period is the qasidah (ode), which normally consists of 70-80 pairs of half-lines.
Traditionally, they describe the nomadic life, opening with a lament at an abandoned camp for a lost love.
www.al-bab.com /arab/literature/lit.htm   (668 words)

  
 Nasida Ria - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
This nine-woman lineup is the foremost practitioner of qasidah modern, a pop interpretation of the Islamic oral epic tradition.
Qasidah modern reworks these epics to bring old-time values to latter day situations, attacking sexual promiscuity, drinking, and smoking.
The didactic lyrics are sung to the sounds of electric guitars, synthesizers, violins and flutes.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/card/0,,484597,00.html   (144 words)

  
 List of musical genres   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Biguine moderne - Martinican biguine adapted to pop forms and including reggae and other influences
Ghazal-song - a modernized version of ghazal influenced by filmi
Shin-min'yo - a modernized form of min'yo, or folk music
www.ukpedia.com /l/list-of-musical-genres.html   (2494 words)

  
 Modern Muslima.com :: Islam A-Z : Tasawwuf, Spirituality ::
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Qasidah Burda Sharif of Imam al Busiri Probably the greatest qasida ever written, it is widely performed all over the Muslim world on the day of Milad an Nabi (Peace be upon him)
www.modernmuslima.com /tasawwuf.htm   (235 words)

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