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2007.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This paper investigates how post-colonial studies may help us grasp the transformation of musical life in Central Asia. Drawing on the emphasis of post-colonial scholars on the variety of nationalisms, I examine the developments of musical life in Uzbekistan in the early Soviet period, and describe two kinds of musical nationalism-each symbolized by a musical object. While the kind of musical nationalism that gained strength in the early 1920s was directed to building 'Uzbek classical music' that of the 1930s was focused on creating an 'Uzbek opera'. Judging from some recently published accounts, I observe that while Uzbek musical nationalism of the 1920s had notable resemblances with Indian musical nationalism under British colonialism, that of the 1930s significantly differed from the two.
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