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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC “COME, ASK MY HEART”: VOICE, MEANING, AND AFFECT AMONG ALGERIAN SHA‘BI MUSICIANS IN PARIS By CHRISTOPHER C. ORR A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2019 Christopher C. Orr defended this dissertation on March 29, 2019. The members of the supervisory committee were: Margaret Jackson Professor Directing Dissertation Adam Gaiser University Representative Frank Gunderson Committee Member Michael B. Bakan Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This project would not have been possible without the support of many different people in my life who have encouraged me, mentored me, or contributed to this study. I am deeply grateful to the members of this committee for their mentorship and guidance throughout my doctoral program. Thank you to Frank Gunderson and Michael Bakan for helping me to develop as a scholar, for challenging me and for inspiring me to pursue my goals and research interests. I am appreciative of Adam Gaiser for the opportunity to participate in his courses in the Department of Religion. His teaching enriched my graduate studies at FSU, and his valuable insights have helped shape the present project these past several years.