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Music in the World of Islam
In 1976 Tangent Records released Music in the World of Islam as a series of six long-playing analogue records. With the advent of the compact disc and its attendant extended play Topic Records were able to present two LPs each on three CDs.
The anthology Music in the World of Islam is an attempt to present highlights of music found within a huge area in Africa, parts of Europe, and Asia which are today, or have been in the past, Islamic. As it is obviously impossible to cover adequately the music of any of these countries, far less all of them, the aim has been to divide the music into groupings so that the listener can hear, compare and learn to appreciate some of the almost limitless variety of musical styles—both vocal and instrumental—which have developed in this vast area. The diversity of cultures in the Islamic world is so great that it is strange to find unifying factors in the music. But Bedouins and nomads, farmers on the banks of the Nile, or in the Hindukush Mountains of Afghanistan or the High Atlas of Morocco or the fertile valleys of Pakistan and India, Turkish fishermen on the Black Sea coast and Malay and Javanese along the East China Sea or pearl divers on the gulf which divides Arabia from Iran, as well as the inhabitants of the great and ancient cities of Damascus and Baghdad and Cairo and Fez and Istanbul, Shiraz and Samarkand, all share certain musical traits and some of these, along with specialised music of each area, can be heard on these compact discs.
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Music in the World of Islam: The Human Voice / Lutes
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Music in the World of Islam: The Human Voice / Lutes Topic Records TSCD901 (CD, UK, 1994) |
Released under licence from Tangent Records;
Recordings by Jean Jenkins and Poul Rovsing Olsen;
Notes and photos by Jean Jenkins
Tracks
The human voice
- Recitation of verses of the Qu’ran (Al-Ateuf, near Ghardala, Algeria) (2.26)
- Dhikr (a Sufi ceremony: Fayoum Oasis, Egypt) (2.16)
- Houri (secular vocal musci: Sandandaj, Kurdistan, Iran) (1.21)
- Bedouin wedding songs (South of Wadi Musa, Jordan) (1.18)
- Ghazal, or love song (Tarif, Abu Dahbi) (1.17)
- Gurdum Gurdum (love song: Daulatabad, north of Balkh, Afghanistan) (3.16)
- Song at the feast after Ramadan (Near Nagfa, Eritrea, Ethiopia) (1.50)
- Haddadi (Muharraq, Bahrain) (4.16)
- Kavali (a devotional song: Hyderabad, Deccan, India) (4.37)
- Abu Zeluf (Beirut, Lebanon) (3.03)
- Leader / chorus song (jijiga, Harar Province, Ethiopia) (2.24)
- Radha / Ga’s (bedouin song, Sharjah, UAE; Ga’s - Fayoum, Egypt) (2.20)
- Love song (Aqcha, Afghanistan) (2.22)
- Tahlil (Baghdad, Iraq) (6.19)
Lute
- Taqsim in maqám Iraq (’Ud, Baghdad, Iraq) (3.30)
- Taqsim in maqám Hejaz (’Ud, Baghdad, Iraq) (6.04)
- Hausi in maqám Iraq (Kuitra, Tlemçen, Algeria) (5.02)
- Tar solo in dastgah Mahur (Teheran, Iran) (4.55)
- Tambur Solo (Daulatabad, Afghanistan) (4.44)
- Gunbri (lute, Foum el Ançur, Morocco) (2.53)
- Taskim in Makám Nishaburek (Ankara, Turkey) (3.29)
- Solo in dastgah Af-Shari (Sehtar, Teheran, Iran) (4.19)
- Wedding song (by a village ensemble, Aqcha, Afghanistan) (2.51)
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Music in the World of Islam: Strings / Flutes & Trumpets
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Music in the World of Islam: Strings / Flutes & Trumpets Topic Records TSCD902 (CD, UK, 1994) |
Released under licence from Tangent Records;
Recordings by Jean Jenkins and Poul Rovsing Olsen;
Notes and photos by Jean Jenkins
Tracks
Strings
- Saroz solo & sher (Quetta, Pakistan) (5.48)
- Qanun solo in maqám Kurd (Baghdad, Iraq) (3.31)
- Rabab & gogué solo (near Wadi Musa, Jordan & Dosso, Niger) (4.26)
- Rababa solo (near Agordat, Eritrea) (2.21)
- Kamaycha (west of Jaisalmer, India) (3.16)
- Kemence Karadenis (Macka, Turkey) (2.45)
- Rabab and voices (Djakarta, Indonesia) (2.25)
- Santur solo in dastgah Homayon (Teheran, Iran) (3.00)
- Mesenqo (Dessie, Ethiopia) (3.24)
- Tambura (Manama, Bahrain) (2.28)
- Joza solo in maqám Sabah (Baghdad, Iraq) (2.18)
- Makino (Jodhpur, India) (4.07)
Flutes and Trumpets
- Lahara (Jodhpur, India) (2.37)
- Wedding procession (Marrakesh, Morocco) (2.31)
- Nay (Istanbul, Turkey) (2.09)
- Nay (Massaad, Algeria) (3.39)
- Nafir (Okuta, Nigeria) (0.54)
- Langaga Patanchanada (Lahore, Pakistan) (6.54)
- Ivory trumpets (Arua, Uganda) (2.48)
- Duduk (Ashkabad, Turkmenia) (3.09)
- Nay (Teheran, Iran) (3.06)
- Dehi Sher (Quetta, Pakistan) (1.55)
- Hadra (Metilli Des Chambra, Algeria) (2.34)
- Podina (Jaipur, India) (3.54)
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Music in the World of Islam: Reeds & Bagpipes / Drums & Rhythms
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Music in the World of Islam: Reeds & Bagpipes / Drums & Rhythms Topic Records TSCD903 (CD, UK, 1994) |
Released under licence from Tangent Records;
Recordings by Jean Jenkins and Poul Rovsing Olsen;
Notes and photos by Jean Jenkins
Tracks
- Panihari (Jaisalmer, India) (5.07)
- Mey solo (Ankara, Turkey) (2.19)
- Jirbe (Manama, Bahrain) (2.03)
- Music for a fFormal classical dance (Kuala Kerai, Malaysia) (2.31)
- Kama and double-naqqara (Shiraz, Iran) (2.25)
- Dil-tyuduk solo (Daulatadbad, Afghanistan) (1.29)
- Wedding procession (Tlemsen, Algeria) (2.03)
- Saltarello (Castelnuovo, Near Isernia, Italy) (1.44)
- Tulum solo (Puygulu, Near Camie Hemsin, Turkey) (2.57)
- Music to call the spirits (Brastigi, Indonesia) (2.24)
- Shepherds’ songs from Syria (Damascus, Syria) (4.36)
- Poonzuk (Dhadar, Baluchistan, Pakistan) (2.11)
- Ghoomar (Jaisalmer, India) (2.26)
- Dance music (Foum El Ancur, Morocco) (3.29)
- Drum Solo (Kabul, Afghanistan) (2.36)
- Orchestra of the Sultan of Dosso (Dosso, Nigeria) (1.56)
- Dance music (Jaipur, India) (5.18)
- Chang solo / chang group (Quetta, Pakistan) (3.19)
- Adhari (Muharraq, Bahrain) (3.54)
- Tabla solo (Lahore, Pakistan) (5.48)
- Part of the religious observances of the Al Haq Sect (Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran) (2.06)
- Dindoun (Ghardaia, Algeria) (2.23)
- Zarb and santur in dastgah Shur (Teheran, Iran) (3.15)
- Ayala (Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi) (1.58)
- Mihbash (Ma’an, Jordan) (1.17)
- Ghaita (Rouissat, Near Ourgla, Algeria) (2.11)
- Bendir (Ouzad, Middle Atlas, Morocco) (2.06)