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This dissertation attempts to account for the phenomenal popularity of Umm Kulthum (1904?-1975), considered the most famous singer in the Arab world, whose repertory came to be viewed as a model of modern, yet authentically Egyptian Arabic musical expression. Rather than emphasize the talent of an exceptional individual, attention is focused upon Umm Kulthum's repertory, which is treated as the widely shared cultural property it became through her extensive use of mass media. The repertory and the criticism which accompanied it are examined in light of other existing forms of Egyptian Arabic musical expression and of contemporary social and economic circumstances with the aim of distilling relevant musical concepts, categories and aesthetic principles which appealed to so large an audience for so many years.
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