JORDAN – LEBANON – SYRIA Hudba Arabského Orientu a Severní Afriky (Music of the Arabian Orient and North Africa) – Supraphon 0 17 1932 – Disc 2

JORDAN – LEBANON – SYRIA

Hudba Arabského Orientu a Severní Afriky (Music of the Arabian Orient and North Africa) – Supraphon 0 17 1932 – Disc 2, recorded by Václav Kubica, released 1976 (4 LP)

I have the pleasure of presenting this forgotten four-LP box set of essential authentic folk and classical music from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco recorded by Czech ethnomusicologist Vaclav Kubica (b. 1926) on the Czech label Supraphon. Kubica also released Iraqi music recordings on the great early Ocora series (Musique Populaire Traditionnelle d’Iraq – OCR 55).

 

Here’s the second disc of the collection showcasing excellent Jordanian, Lebanese, and Syrian music, including buzuk lute (C1, D5), rebab (C2, C5), ney flute (D6), a wedding song (C6), a riveting Syrian ud lute solo (D7) and particularly inspired Lebanese vocals (D1, D2, D3, D4).

 

I will share this box set’s disk 3 (Egypt), and disk 4 (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco) shortly. Stay tuned for some amazing music!

 

J’ai le plaisir de vous présenter ce coffret quatre disques essentiel tombé dans l’oubli, comprenant de superbes musiques folkloriques et classiques authentiques d'Irak, de Jordanie, du Liban, de Syrie, d'Égypte, de Libye, de Tunisie, d'Algérie et du Maroc enregistrées par l'ethnomusicologue tchèque #(né en 1926) sur le label tchèque Supraphon. Vaclav Kubica a également publié des enregistrements irakiens incontournables sur Ocora (Musique Populaire Traditionnelle d’Iraq – OCR 55).

 

Nous présentons maintenant le deuxième disque du coffret sur la musique 

jordanienne, libanaise et syrienne, y compris du luth bousoq (C1, D5), du rebab (C2, C5), de la flûte ney (D6), une chanson de mariage (C6), un solo de luth oud syrien captivant (D7) et des chants libanais particulièrement inspirés (D1, D2, D3, D4).

 

Je partagerai les disques 3 (Egypte) et 4 (Libye, Tunisie, Algérie, Maroc) du coffret très prochainement.

JORDAN

C1 – Folk song, long-fretted buzuk lute and darbuka drum.

 

C2 – Nail (music and poetry) by Abdu Musa, voice and rebab. Amman.

 

C3 – Bedouin Dance, singing, choir, ululation and clapping.

 

C4 – Bedouin rhythmic crushing of coffee beans.

 

C5 – Kasída by Abdu Musa, voice and rebab. Amman.

 

C6 – Wedding songs by women carrying wedding gifts from the groom’s house to the bride’s house three days before the wedding.

 

 

LEBANON

D1 – Ala Dal'ona, voices, choir, flute, drum and tambourine. 

 

D2 – Mizana-Ataba folk vocal form by Wadi Safi, voice, choir, orchestra. Beirut.

 

D3 – Abu Zuluf by Sabah (1927-2014), choir and orchestra. Beirut.

 

D4 – Kasid. Soloist Maria Atija, orchestra with flute and zither kanun. Beirut.

 

 

SYRIA

D5 – Taksim by Mohammed Abd al-Karim, buzuk lute, Damascus.

 

D6 – Ney flute by Abd al-Salam Safr. 

D7 – Taksim by Amar Naksbendi, ud lute 

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Mohammed Abd al-Karim, buzuk lute (D5)

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