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The music of Arab Americans : a retrospective collection.
Streaming audio Available online
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- Sound recording
- Series:
- Music online: American song.
- Music online: American song
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab Americans--Music.
- Arab Americans.
- Music--Arab countries.
- Music.
- Songs, Arabic.
- Arab countries.
- Music--United States.
- United States.
- Oud music.
- Songs, Arabic--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- United States.
- Genre:
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, 1997.
- Language Note:
- Sung in Arabic.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- Fatima (Alexander Maloof and the Maloof Oriental Orchestra) (2:39)
- Il-bulbul nagha = The nightingale cooed (Constantine Souse, vocals, with acc.) (6:40)
- Hawwil ya ghannam = Stop and rest oh shepherd / 'Abd al- Ghani al-Shaykh (Amer Khadaj, vocals, with acc.) (6:04)
- Lamma ya albi = When oh heart of mine (Sana Khadaj, vocals, with acc.) (6:13)
- Raks arabi = Arabic dance (Naim Karakand, violin, with acc.) (3:08)
- Wakef 'ala shat bahar = Standing on the shore / Zaghlul al-Damnour (Hanan, vocals, with acc.) (7:14)
- La'uli bayt = Find me a house (Anton "Tony" Abdel Ahad, 'ud, vocal, with acc.) (5:51)
- Arabic folk songs (Danny Thomas, vocal, with acc.) (7:39)
- Flute imitation (Na'im Karakand, violin, with acc.) (4: 00)
- Li'b al khayl = Playing the horses (Russell Bunai, vocal, with acc.) (5:24)
- Only you / Muhammad al-Bakkar (Kahraman, vocal, with acc.) (3:07)
- Taqasim 'ala al-'ud : (improvisation on the 'ud) (Jalil Azouz, 'ud) (6:25)
- Hall tadree = Do you know / words by Naseeb Aridah (Russell Bunai, vocals, with acc.) (6:09)
- Al-jazayer [i.e., Al-jazayir] (Tony "Abdel" Ahad, 'ud, with acc.) (2: 24). (2:24).
- Notes:
- Music by Arab Americans originally recorded on independent Arab-American record labels in the first half of the 20th century.
- Originally issued as compact disc.
- Program notes by Anne K. Rasmussen and texts to the vocal works in Arabic with English translations ([24] p. : ill.) from original container.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (American song). Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- CD 1122
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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