Giant List of youtube.com Video Clip Links
 Designed to accompany the book WORLD MUSIC: TRADITIONS
AND TRANSFORMATIONS, by Michael B. Bakan [McGraw-Hill,
2007]). The list is organized in chapter order.
 Researched and prepared by Plamena Kourtova and Michael Bakan
 Forgive the inconsistent formatting, fonts, etc. I (Michael) am new at
all this stuff and have yet to figure out how to make things look pretty.
I hope the content will make up for the look of the list itself.
 NOTE: Always check to be sure that links are live and functional
before trying to use them in class. Youtube clips have a habit of
unpredictably disappearing!
 See other postings on the blog for Bakan world music course lecture
notes with embedded youtube links.
Chapter 1
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9OJhFjvdQw&mode=related&search=
(Recitation of the Qur'an)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC0YJ5M_WWE (Gagaku)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SKZwsAdpco&mode=related&search=
(Japanese ceremonial dancing with gagaku orchestra accomp)
Chapter 2
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlWgDCtHpJ8 (Javanese gamelan
accompanying dancing)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60cZRB6V24g (Mongolian khoomii)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544xzCzj_Uk (Rabbit Dance performed by
couples, Native American)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9z3IOpH1g&mode=related&search=
(Native American pow wow, solo male Traditional Dance)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8V1414aWRA (Miriam Makeba--antiapartheid song, with opening set-up narration by Makeba)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjm3pbR39o0&mode=related&search=
(Escola de samba, Bahia, Brazil [samba-reggae?])
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9C8cXi8G98 (Sao Paulo, Brazil; Carnival-so-so footage/sound. Not great.)
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIpVJJlkTxU (Historic color footage of
Aboriginal Australian dances, w. didjeridu/clapstick accomp of dance songs)
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjHkj-uSt_Y (Sting and Cheb Mami in
"Desert Rose." Music video.)
10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLZ-zW9Ti4 (Ravi shankar teaching a
sitar lesson to George Harrison of the Beatles, overlooking the Pacific in
California. Clip from the film Raga: Ravi Shankar.)
11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYc06l2gGo (Paul Pena performing with
Kongar-ol Ondar in concert footage from the film Genghis Blues)
Chapter 3
12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHeJCwOetkI (Mariachi band. Exciting
concert performance, though sound, videography only so-so.)
13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7cgHbG0DKQ (Mariachi band
performing "Cielito Lindo" in a public square)
14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWvb0iwL70M (Roma [Gypsy] brass
band, club gig. Short and not great quality, but cool and funky.)
Chapter 4
15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO2g9tgWjbU (Hopi/Pueblo Eagle Dance
performances: historic footage and Native American Dance Theater concert
footage.
[Note: Nothing yet for Chaps. 5-6. I haven’t used youtube links in my
teaching of those chapters yet.]
Chapter 7 (Bali/Indonesia)
Wayang Kulit:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paxXt7iSvkc (Wayang perf. by the late Bu
Harni [d. 2006], Surakarta, noted female dalang [shadow puppeteer]: Man vs.
horse, man vs. bicycle. Fun.)
2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMRHi2WVoZQ&playnext=1#now_playing
(Bima fights with an ogre [Mahabharata])
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIpn3Jp0y04 (Promo of Bali & Beyond
[American group] wayang kulit show, with pretty good basic information about
wayang. Frames sometimes freeze when viewing [?])
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igcne_a1qpA (Malay wayang w. English
subtitles. Different musical style/instrumentation that Javanese or Balinese
wayang.)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmHqo3OjWQA (Children's wayang with
puppets made by children)
Kecak:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tz4_xGLC1c (Clip from the Kecak scene
of the movie Baraka. Picture quality not ideal, but a great performance and if you
don't have the actual Baraka movie this is wort showing).
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8E8BcvhBLs ("Kecak Project." Actually
good footage of Kecak, but too many cut-aways to actual monkeys living in the
jungle, albeit with a nice Kecak "soundtrack.")
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE3hvLGX5UQ (From a Japanese video
production with Japanese subtitles. Good footage and performance; sound not
superb but OK.)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ndyGAnXrw (Poor sound, but interesting
in that clip starts with priest blessing performers with holy water in customary
fashion.)
Javanese gamelan, dance-dramas:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-d7q0vS6t4 (Odd performance of Javanese
gamelan, since instrumentalists sing, but good close-ups of gambang, slenthem,
kendang, other instruments. Short clip)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlWgDCtHpJ8 (Javanese gamelan
accompanying dance.)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_B_9zue2QQ (Javanese Ramayana dancedrama w. gamelan accompaniment I)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ-gLE54tFM (Javanese Ramayana dancedrama w. gamelan accompaniment II)
Various Balinese dances
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQta8IbCVv0 (Baris dance, Denpasar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP3EHsG5Sck (Balinese boy dancing Baris)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbJ3s_ksxSM&mode=related&search=
(Puspanjali, Balinese women's dance.
Produced by Aneka Records, Indonesia )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKT02jmJDs (Kebyar Duduk. Classic tari
lepas solo male dance piece from Bali, "Sitting Kebyar," 1920s, orig.
choreography by Mario [Maria]. Aneka). h
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anBrMTeKNH0 (Teruna Jaya. Kebyar/tari
lepas classic created in early 20th c. Aneka.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c11F8O6E93E&mode=related&search=
(Legong Lasem. Picture a bit blurry and sound is soft, but a good performance and
good video of dancing and gamelan. Long example.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8m_XFOYgDQ (Legong dance, Bali)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-5RUcvh0oc&mode=related&search=
(Legong, good performance and sound. Be patient for actual dancing to begin.)
Kebyar:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldPMifPbngc ("Sekar Jupun", kebyar
example from JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance. Excellent!)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu-ITWB_thw#now_playing (Gianyar
group in kebyar competition, Bali. Good performance, sound weak.)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqjvobqrpgs (Kreasi lelambatan
performance at a temple ceremony [odalan] in Pengosekan, Bali)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orUftdTlDow (Championship children's
group, 2005, Bali, directed by IW Sudirana)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Frbm9uO-o (same children's group from
Bali, dance performance w. gamelan)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGL24l4Qv_o (Gamelan Gita Asmara,
UBC gamelan, w. Michael Tenzer, IW Sudirana, kendang)
Dangdut:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBMEgCKj4eI (Goyang dangdut. Very
nice. Pretty racy hip gyrations. Be prepared!)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwlkSy1Dn9M ("Kopi Dangdut"/Campur
DKI)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DuQumDSAks (Live dangdut concert.
Good dangdut drum parts.)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b93j52c9MKg (Kristina, "Dangdut Abis"-w. sitar in the mix!)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnKK54l6vUU (Erma Farany--Dangdut
Remix [w. a Pachelbel's Canon twist?])
Kroncong (extra, not discussed in text):
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd3xZOoB2Ro (Minggat, Sonny Josz. Get
out your hankies!)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KQQmeOu_h4 (More schmaltzy
kroncong.)
Indo pop:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YitTk1T-bMY (Indo pop. Theme from an
Indonesian movie. Nice.)
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgczjfGCCck (Band: Overload Romance,
"Semua Tentangmu")
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5z4ndtFXE8 ("Ogoh-Ogoh" Bali pop
Balinese slide show; pop tune ABOUT gamelan beleganjur in ogoh-ogoh
procession with sampled beleganjur in the mix. Awesome tie-in to chapter and its
beleganjur focus!) {This is great, but loads slowly and sometimes freezes up, in
my experience. –mb}
Chapter 8 (India)* (*The list for this chapter is still pretty underdeveloped, since I’ve been
using mainly other video materials, not youtubes, when teaching the India unit.)
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTOAbhvMIFY (bhangra stage perf., dhol
drumming, dancing, costumes)
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-CZX4QDctg (bhangra stage perf., better
videography and sound, but drum not seen until later in clap; style a bit more
modern)
3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JDKyW_eag (Captain Bhangra Da music
video; cool mix and visuals)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xbxs0pTCHo ("Hichki": from 2006
Bollywood film Risk, big dance production number)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UihXBbzLzM0 (High romance and drama
Bollywood style)
7.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK0zrFmhhZw (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,
qawwali [TV perf.])
8.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeiIC8Tga9w (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,
contemporary style)
Chapter 9 (Irish)
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLjU4qlBEcU (Sean Norman Ceili Band; no
dancing)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OacB9CywjmE (Fola Ceili Band
performing hornpipes)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhQMjIlCAsQ (Sean Norman Ceili Band
performing jigs; dancing couples)
3a. http://www.youtube.com/watch v=Iqp4I8bNq54&mode=related&search
(Vintage ceili with great dancing)
3b. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_nc4-xxdMA (Irish session in a home)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLe9etQ0iwQ (Seamus Ennis plays a reel,
"The Morning Thrush," on uilleann pipes; from a documentary with Ennis
narrating and talking about his father--great stuff!)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF3fW4Nox9U (Seamus Ennis plays
uilleann pipes [air])
The Chieftans:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqLU8rfa0NM (Live concert, Chieftains
accomp. by orchestra)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hk13Dn7ePY ("The Dublin Reels,"
Chieftains with step dancers (couple); traditional--nice!)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WshG5SMwiXo ("Redemption Song ";
Chieftains recording session video, with Ziggy Marley)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByYSkRGrMqw (Chieftains with Earl
Scruggs)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLZ_ZOjLEKo (Chieftains with Van
Morrison, "The Star of County Down")
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26EBG4fQR3o (Chieftains with Carlos
Nunez; good tinwhistle and Paddy Moloney seen on both tinwhistle and pipes)
1970s
Bothy Band:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOrReDJEpNQ (Good video, live
performance, 1976)
Planxty:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z3A5Tgy47M (On the Late Late Show,
1970s)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hwMrjfyDrg (Planxty reunion concert,
Dublin, 2004)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdtZ8U4Lkf8 (Planxty, "Jolly Beggar"
1980; Irish bouzouki!)
Clannad:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnjP57cic70 (TV brodcast perf., 1977)
1980s
Altan:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI3GC87q6QE ("Sunset"; live/concert
performance)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJDTQW87w-s ("John Doherty's Reels";
OK quality; exciting live performance!)
Lunasa:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Pzny6udJs (live performance; good
sound)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiOobgbgdO8 (pipes and some cool electric
bass)
AfroCelts:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4gyK6NYT1Q&mode=related&search=
(live; not good quality)
Eileen Ivers/Riverdance
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06nKeDytKpY (The Harvest, ensemble
instrumental from Riverdance featuring Ivers as soloist, electric and acoustic)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE3pVNmUw1c (more Riverdance, from
1995 show--nice choral material followed by great dancing)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI3_iLMncQY&mode=related&search=
(Riverdance dance number; high drama Celtic kitsch!)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSIraCOtmnE (Ivers and band live; fusion,
nice!)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw794E40NAk (Teenage Ivers performing
in All Ireland competition--interesting!)
Chapter 10 Africa
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J85QrbR5oUE(LBM, "Hello My Baby,"
from Simon's Graceland Tour; live--Good stuff!)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiB6vT5HT3U (live concert)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0S8476b3QQ ("Township Jive," from Paul
Simon Graceland Africa Concert in Zimbabwe; LBM, Hugh Masekela, etc. )
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWk5fXB32Jo (Joseph Shabalala and Paul
Simon interviewed re: Graceland project, creative collaboration, etc. Footage from
"Homeless" recording session. Documentary.)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDPjuVCQZ8 (dance; live)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI25MCeQGZE (??-video by the group
Shabalala Rhythms formed by the sons of Joseph Shabalala)
Drums and Other
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH1XJftEEfI (Ghanaian drum-dance
ensemble with from and atumpan drums, etc. Group--Aziza)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b9hA2MNOKI&mode=related&search=
(Group performing at Festival Louisiane--from, atumpan, dancing, etc.)
Mbira:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnmNeQAIp9g (Boys' mbira group,
Zimbabwe [good example, though you can't see the instruments behind calabash)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE665VMUOCI&mode=related&search=
(Stella Chiwese mbira performance at Africa Festival 2006. Too soft?)
Kora/Seckou Keita:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMp_El9ltAs (Djele Lankandia playing the
kora)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYU-51HqJw (Seckou Keita Quartet,short
video, good quality, jeliya-jazz)
Salif Keita:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkUUaxjQCfI (Salif Keita with Cesaria
Evora: "Yamore" music video. Nice!)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGBExhxpF4 (informal performance of
"Folon"; Salif accompanying himself on guitar. Beautiful song. )
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W-QMzUozgE (Music video: "Madan,"
Salif Keita--funky [quirky video images])
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdeedHX9fmI&mode=related&search=
("Katolon"; video clip. More traditional jeliya-ish music. Kora?)
Toumani Diabate, Taj Mahal
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lep1tjEIkJc ("Nene Koita," Toumani
Diabate [a young Toumani], kora, w. Danny Thompson, bass; from a
documentary)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imxBAodRpcs (Toumani Diabate live gig;
OK sound, bad picture)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-HlSyha0JI (short clip of Toumani live;
with group including bala, djembe player, but clip just solo kora)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWvdsNix8lQ (Kora-harp duet with
Toumani on kora
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8luhdxS2KuM (Toumani Diabate
explains demonstrates polyphonic texture of kora music: bass,
accompaniment [middle register], solo improvisation [upper register]: good
demo!)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DmsqXMGRZs Taj Mahal and Corey
Harris: “Sittin’ on Top of the World” (blues classic played by two great bluesmen
who have also been deeply involved with Malian/world musics).
Angelique Kidjo/Mamadou Diabate
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjPq30bK5x0 (Mamadou Diabate concert,
w. Noah Jarrett, bass. "Nene Koita"??--compare to Toumani performance)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAnyzeuC6Uo (Mamadou Diabate group
live at the Grassroots Fest in NY. Trad jeliya perf, but footage not very good. You
can hear bala nicely, though.)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzATayQvgRI (Interview w. Angelique
Kidjo, in which she talks about her music, background, etc. Good clip!)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuhgZa6JmlE (Recent; live at the Live 8
concert, England, "Tumba")
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZQncx9Ww-U (short documentary promo
about Kidjo, "Black Ivory Soul"; interview footage, clips from the album. Good!
Talks about the trilogy of albums discussed in text. Great! Includes footage of
recording session of "Okan Bale" including Mamadou Diabate! Also footage of
Dave Matthews in "Iwoya")
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6buwDkXtaB8 ("Agolo" video, from 1994
Kidjo album Aye)
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsLdJc9lSE ("Batonga" video, from
Logozo, 1992)
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kk23vt35P4 ("Agolo," Kidjo live at
Newport Folk Festival, 2006)
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlKquAsj6JQ ("Wombo Lombo"video,
Kidjo )
Chapter 11 Latin
Tito Puente:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUo8m3J1wM (Tito Puente Mambo
Birdland video)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVEgbv12ncc (TP "Oye Como Va" and
other clips live, at daughther Audrey's 30th birthday party. Wedding dance party.
GREAT!!)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGpC39jWbyU (Latin jazz concert, Tito
Puente, Sheila E. Note flute re: "charanga-esque" Latin jazz sound)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1MX9sMLSO0 (1981; good Tito timbales
solo)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y06BvtWjrg ("Quimbara," TP with Celia
Cruz and Poncho Sanchez [congas]. FANTASTIC!)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D92OPdOfD58(Tito Puente playing
timbales/video of a recording session. "El Sabroso Son" recording session)
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6fhsmVyNaw (1965 TV broadcast. Very
different and hisotrically interesting. TP band playing Rafael Hernandez's "El
Cumbanchero." Good stuff starts about a minute in.)
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWkzwc1EAI (TV broadcast, old
(1950s?), great footage of TP on vibraphone)
Tito Rodriguez
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb_isoeFgmk (Rodriguez, w. Celia Cruz,
and Puente on timbales. "Perdon" [1970s?])
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVlxd68Mas (live concert; band includes
Rodriguez [vocals] and Puente [timbales])
Santeria
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbedHMrlNLo(Bata drumming, Matanzas)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwIKAgrl_GY(Ceremony for the drums;
Cuba)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTR5h9f6sCg (Obatala--footage of folkloric
performance)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBBQKsq5Zlg(Fox News report on Santeria
practice in the US. Sensationalism a la Fox News ethnocentrism. Use with
discretion!)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKJA7mZyjbE (good video of the religious
paraphenelia used in santeria)
Dances
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO2Wk0r9wac(Cuban rumba; hotel
performance, for tourists?)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3CKToFjlDk(music of the rumba from
Havana today)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc0RM1fIIPw(Orquesta Guama, charanga
band from California, promotional video)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11qPpZAZyMY(Short clips of older Cuban
musicians performing danzon, son, mambo, cha cha cha for dancers. Charanga.)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_1lpdgY9g(Video still montage of Cuban
music scene of 1950s, with accompanying historic recording of the music of
Enrique Jorrin: "La Blusa Azul" (note: not a cha cha cha!))
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyl3yfHHxZo(Machito's son, Mario Grillo,
talks about his father in a documentary about his dad's band and the scene.)
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7xGFrNQs2E(Machito and the AfroCubans. THe video jumps right off of the photo in the book. COOL!)
Oye Como Va
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpPb2cVswlI (SANTANA "Oye Como Va"
live. Sound so-so. Relatively recent recording.)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vuaVS2IDFg(Jose Feliciano's version of
"Oye")
Santana:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inzIlad74CE ("Soul Sacrifice", Santana at
Woodstock, from the Woodstock movie)
Ruben Blades:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4GIoGqNFPU (at Montreaux Jazz Fest.
Nice!)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95CQue9zpJw (at Caracas Pop Fest. Pop
sound.)
Tito Puente Jr.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhfPil9J0Ho (interviewed at Latin Grammy
Awards; TV)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oIGCwo4qdQ (promo video w. clips
recorded in studio; short, but better than nothing)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t8m4OqKSts (more of same; again, short,
but perhaps better than nothing)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmCoIKbIFJM (Big 3 Palladium Orchestra)
Chapter 12—Egypt/Raqs sharqi/Bellydance
Raqs Sharqi:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_oA1bScmCk (Dancer Chryssanthi Sahar
with live band)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWrIT07Qg2o (Farhana Masri, specialist in
Egyptian dance and long-time dance teacher, peforming)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xygWyblfHbI&mode=related&search=
(European dancer [?]. Lebanese-style dance. Qanun accomp before ensemble
[prerecorded firqa] enters)
Raqs Baladi
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CMD3vVcXh8 (Part 1; very short but
reasonable clips of raqs baladi, folkorized performance context)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIf-ZPihdP4&mode=related&search= (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-bPMvv13p8&mode=related&search= (Part
3, with canes)
Samia Gamal, Tahia Carioca, Naimi Akef in film performances:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJNHfmETiVk&mode=related&search=
(Samia Gamal dancing in a movie)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V4VFy5Zq0c&mode=related&search=
(Tahia Carioca dancing a movie)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4UxaY8HA9E&mode=related&search=
(Naimi Akef dancing in movie)
Umm Kulthum
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Z_EZPw3yI (good quality Umm
Kulthum slide show with music. Musical collage starts with Muslim call-to-prayer
laid over drone, goes on from there, ultimately to performances featuring
Kulthum)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88zld6ETTMU&mode=related&search=
(historical recording; sound poor, but worth watching for context, historic
significance.)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVNSm6t30jA&mode=related&search=
(Another classic broadcast, of the great Kulthum singing "Enta Omry," one of the
songs for which she is best known.)
"Zeina"dance:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4DoApesTds (The dancer Djamila
performing "Zeina," with a [quasi-takht] ensemble of qanun, nay, 'ud, Egyptian
tabla, and string bass accompanying. GOOD STUFF!!)
Tahtib
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkBMKezA62s (staged performance of
tahtib)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Tl-RTkyx0 (Tahtib dance of the sultan,
in "The Source of Love: A Bellydance Ballet")
Tabla Solo (Drum Solo) dance
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN9C8wK1y_w (Belly Dance Superstars
star dancer Jillina, performing a Tabla Solo dance accompanied by drummer Issan
Houshan [right] and unidentified doholla player. GREAT!)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0NhRqcvkqc (Fatima Serin, dancer, with
two drummers accompanying)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qCuwcX1MLQ&mode=related&search=
(The dancer Nour performing a Tabla Solo live in concert in Egypt)
Bellydance (modern): pop music, etc.:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2benhTSVj4&mode=related&search=
(Egyptian-style dance by the international belly dancer [based in Germany]
Djamila)
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqz2C3UCk8s&mode=related&search=
("Oriental pop" belly dance featuring Djamila. Contemporary sound. Music by
Lebanese pop star singer Amal Hijazi.)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DzHgtojvUU&mode=related&search=
(Djamila: "mystic dance" with candleabra on head)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XMczGtbC9s (Folkoric performance
directed by Mohammed el Hosseny, formerly of the Reda troupe in Egypt, and
now residing in Finland).
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEMvaj6fVjY ("Al Fallahin," bellydance
drama, maybe from Brazil? Something to do with "Reda Troupe" but just what is
not clear. Interesting, in any case.)
Chapter 13 China
Instruments:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFuua-u82A (Zheng solo in shopping
mall.
Not a great example, but at least you see the instrument and how it's played.)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAGmTygRGU0 (Pipa solo song, "Cold
Water of Wei" [with floating chair!])
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvhKTFzQG8Y (Qin, played by same artist
as featured on the book's CD set)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhxlQlZafvY (Japanese koto, "Midare")
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-y8NV3KA9w (Vietnamese dan tranh.
Starts with talking by musician in Vietnamese for a few seconds before music
starts)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiOgOQcWGsc (Ensemble with di
transverse flute with membrane, zheng, erhu)
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V9JinlbpHw (Erhu. He Wang Bao, soloist,
in "The Horse Race")
Other
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qubcl2E5QZo (Trad. Beijing Opera
performance)
1a. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEshWP3zesY (Beijing Opera, Houguang
theatre. Good beard and stylized acting scene)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ioF4v_Y2Q (Leehom Wang, Chinese
R&B star, music video with Beijing Opera cut-ins, jinghu/erhu. Cool!)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQB2qYkPoFg (arias from "The Red
Lantern," with piano and trad percussion accomp)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGJ-2eHdJbY (more arias, with piano)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTY5aZuO_bc ("The East is Red"; classic
1960s communist propaganda film with spectacular music/dance scenes and such)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82QZ8ftGmgo (Tiananmen Square Protests
in 1989 documented by an American journalist)
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZCux2oxko (Hope-to-despair music
video collage history of Chinese communist history leading up to Tiananmen
Square massacre. Interesting historical footage of major events.)
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJBnHMpHGRY (BBC report on
Tiananmen events in 1989)
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6EuPUCiQuc (8th Congress of Chinese
Communist Party)
11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7EG-sef11E (Revolutionary Opera [no
singing, alas, and short clip], "The Department of Red Women." Was performed
for US President Richard Nixon when he visited China in 1972.)
Cui Jian
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d7MiE-g8A8 (Live concert. Hard driving
funk, and starts with a guaguanco conga groove)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXbC2f1BV_Y (Live concert of "Fake
Monk" with zheng player in band)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHUu6HlwGBM&mode=related&search=
(interview; in English)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-FEiZVJOas (Documentary bio, in
Chinese, of Cui Jian, with clips from his recordings)
Tibet
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpUqx7FsRgI (Drepung Gomang Monks)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jHGlCTdLyg ("Varja Sky Over Tibet,"
movie, trailer;
some historical context)
Tan Dun:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ifO6C3YN4 ( Flying kung-fu clip from
"Hero". "Moon Versus Flying Snow." Music score by Tan Dun. AWESOME!)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5aPUSIzrXc (Concert performance of
Crouching Tiger's "Farewell" theme song. Cello w. orchestra)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxBeDettlKY (Another movie, music by
TD)
Uighur:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruhZfTOLxNo (rawap)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFiCuH0O_Rw&mode=related&search=
(dancing)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR3cTVSGbzA (Uighur pop/ traditional
instruments)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJXR3GkhFVY (folk music
[conservatory])
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H5XfTP3_9I&mode=related&search=
(dancing)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1xYMHIR10Q (Uighur pop-folk music.
Crazy stuff. Bollywood meets Uighur folk-kitsch video. Fun! You've got to get
past the first minute of preliminaries and credits to get to the good stuff. Billed as
"The Uyghur Ray Charles [??!!]: Innocent Lakeside Frolicking". Compare
rhythmic groove featured around 3:00 into clip to dap rhythm of "Music from the
Muqam" )
(Sumarkand)
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjRQ214wqjI&mode=related&search= (a
personal account/slide show of a trip along the Silk Road)
Chapter 14 (Music, the Zohar, and Kabbalah)
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq4niagVL24 (Reciting from the Torah)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8pwGvhgglI (Kabbalah Centre lecture on
Shimon Bar Yochai, the Zohar)
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZPC0erdEc (Quirky Chassidic "music
video" and explanation of the Zohar, with occasionally Zoharic chanting. Odd, but
worth a look.)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w449EKm28D0(Discussion of philosophy,
meaning of books of the Kabbalah, Rav Michael Laitman. Informative.)
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHMQgqiHCls (Video: What is Kabbalah?)
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1tmxjd5hVE&mode=related&search=
(Kabbalah music: "Yedid Nefesh" (Friend of My Soul),from a 16th century
Kabbalistic text. Moroccan melody for welcoming the Sabbath)
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXnn3hpGAGo&mode=related&search=
(Kabbalah music--"Aneni," 17th century text, female vocalists, Yemeni melody)
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys-GqX5glIk&mode=related&search=
(Promo: "Universal Faith: Earth". Kabbalah multi-part short film series trailer)
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VseSXFKKcwQ (The Baal Shem Tov
Band: coss-cultural, multi-demoninational, Jewish-Chassidic rock band. Right on,
and free sushi after the gig!)
10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tyuySayDYQ (Chassidic wedding, men
dancing. Keyword Searh "Chassidic Wedding" on youtube for more clips.)
11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yMjDJ58lzw (Matisyahu; "King Without
A Crown." From the album Youth. Chassidic reggae music video. NICE!)
12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Z5tKD49jU (Bukhara visual tour with
music)
13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzFiQBDqa6s (Pinchas Pinchik. Poor
quality and oddly put together slide show, but you see Pinchik and hear some good
singing by him.)