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FROM THE ARAB LANDS TO SOUTH ASIA: A MUSICAL JOURNEY


Price: $14.95
Item Number: MM167
Untitled Document
From the Arab Lands to Turkey and Iran to Central Asia and Later South Asia, music is an important art. This musical compilation, produced for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reflects the rich, distinct cultural histories of these regions, connected by the deep imprint of the Islamic faith, through a mixture of instrumental and vocal performances, traditional and contemporary compositions, and regional and cross-cultural compositions.   Running Time: 51:15
TRACK LIST

1.    Sirojiddin Juraev, Salar Nader   
Bilak Uzuk  (Central Asia) (3:15)
 
2.    Mercan Dede
Sahname (Turkey)  (6:14) 

3.    Alireza Ghorbani and Dorsaf Hamdani
The Caravan (Iran)   (5:50)

4.    Munir Bachir  
Maqam Al-asil (Iraq)  (4:43)

5.    Performers in a Café in Tetuan
Toqtoqa Jabalia (Morocco)  (7:11)
 

6.    Alim and Fargana Qasimova
Jeyran (Azerbaijan)   (6:32)

7.    Simon Shaheen
Sama’I Kurd (Palestine) (5:52)

8.   Al-Kindi Ensemble with Omar Sarmini
Mûwashshah – “Man kunta anta habîbahu” (Syria) (3:23)

9.    Kishori Amonkar
Koyaliya na bolo daar (India) (8:31) 
ARTWORK
 
Plate depicting a woman playing the tambourine, Turkey (Iznik), Ottoman period 

Rosette bearing the names and titles of the Emperor Shah Jahan, Folio, India, Mughal period (1526–1858)

The Wedding of Siavush and Farangis, Folio, Iran (Tabriz), Safavid period (1501–1722)