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The Oriental Music broadcasts, 1936-1937 : a musical ethnography of Mandatory Palestine / Robert Lachmann ; edited by Ruth F. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lachmann, Robert, 1892-1939, author, compiler.
- Judah, ha-Levi, active 12th century, author.
- Shabazi, Shalem, 1619-1686, author.
- Series:
- Recent researches in the oral traditions of music ; 10.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in the oral traditions of music ; 10
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Language:
- Arabic
- Coptic
- English
- Hebrew
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Lachmann, Robert, 1892-1939--Ethnomusicological collections.
- Lachmann, Robert.
- Music--Palestine--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Music--Palestine--20th century--Scores.
- Jews--Palestine--Music--History and criticism.
- Jews.
- Arabs--Palestine--Music--History and criticism.
- Arabs.
- Samaritans--Palestine--Music--History and criticism.
- Samaritans.
- Jews--Palestine--Music.
- Arabs--Palestine--Music.
- Samaritans--Palestine--Music.
- Coptic chants.
- Genre:
- Radio program excerpts.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xliii, 124 pages, 9 pages of plates) : facsimiles, illustrations, portraits + 44 audio files.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2013.
- Language Note:
- Lecture transcriptions in English; songs in Arabic, Coptic, or Hebrew, also printed as text with English translation.
- Staff notation.
- System Details:
- digital
- audio file
- AIFF
- Summary:
- "The ethnomusicologist Robert Lachmann (1892-1939) wrote and presented twelve radio programs entitled Oriental Music, which were transmitted by the Palestine Broadcasting Service between November 1936 and April 1937. The programs, which formed part of Lachmann's pioneering project to establish an "Oriental music archive" at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, included live performances of traditional music representing the different ethnic and religious communities of Palestine, performances that were simultaneously recorded onto metal disc. This edition presents Lachmann's scripts with musical transcriptions of performances, transcriptions and translations of the sung texts, and selected digitally restored musical recordings (provided on the accompanying digital audio files). The introduction and editorial commentaries explore Lachmann's radio lectures as they relate to his body of research on "Oriental music" and to wider concerns of scholarship, politics, and ideology." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "On first hearing a genuine piece of Oriental music" (18 November 1936)
- Liturgical songs of the Yemenite Jews (2 December 1936)
- Coptic liturgical chant and hymns (16 December 1936)
- Liturgical songs of the Kurdish Jews (6 January 1937)
- Bedouin sung poetry accompanied by the rabāba (20 January 1937)
- Liturgical cantillation and songs of the Samaritans (3 February 1937)
- Men's songs for a Yemenite Jewish wedding (17 February 1937)
- Women's songs for a Yemenite Jewish wedding (3 March 1937)
- Arab urban music : Maqām (16 March 1937)
- Music from the western Arab world (31 March 1937)
- Music from the eastern Arab world (14 April 1937)
- Men's songs for an Arab village wedding in central Palestine (28 April 1937).
- Digital audio files. Shirat ha-yam = Song of the sea : excerpt, Exod. 15:1-4 / Sa'adiya Nahum (1:46; 1:48)
- Proverbs 1:1-7 / Sa'adiya Nahum (1:03; 1:07)
- Laḥn (hymn) : from the Liturgy of St. Cyril (3:00; 3:22)
- Peklaos gar : from the Liturgy of St. Gregory (1:39; 1:57)
- Aseret ha-dibberot = Ten Commandments : excerpt, Exod. 20:2-7 / Eliahu Yahye Mizrahi (1:29; 1:47)
- Aw lamīn / Qaṣīdit Nimr Ibn 'Adwān ; performed by Bājis Afandī Im'addī, voice and rabāba (3:10; 3:40)
- Shirat ha-yam = Song of the sea : excerpt, Exod. 15:1 / Ibrahim Kohen (2:42; 2:55)
- Sukkāni dhāk al-wādī / Ibrahim Kohen, solo voice ; Taufiq Kohen, Amram Kohen, chorus (2:48; 2:49)
- 'At ben 'aṣe 'eden / Judah Halevi ; performed by Sa'adiya Nahum, solo voice ; Yahya Nahari, Hayyim Mahbub, chorus (2:08; 2:09)
- 'Ayelet ḥen / Shalem Shabazi ; performed by Sa'adiya Nahum, solo voice ; Yahya Nahari, Hayyim Mahbub, chorus (1:33; 1:34)
- Sā'at r-raḥmān dalḥīn (1:37; 1:37)
- Allāh yā Allāh, yā 'ālem bi-ḥālī (1:14; 1:14)
- Yā Allāh hal-yōm (2:05; 2:08)
- Yā-llāh 'na salak (1:33; 1:39). Taqsīm ḥijāz / Ezra Aharon, 'ūd (3:15; 3:18)
- Taqsīm ṣabā / Ezra Aharon, 'ūd (2:01; 2:51)
- Moroccan song : Ṣaḥbi l-awwal / Al-Touhami bin Omar (3:05; 3:07)
- Egyptian song : Qad ḥarrakat aydī n-nasīmi / Shaykh Sayyid al-Ṣafṭī (3:30; 3:33)
- Shet araban saz semaisi / composed and performed by Tanburî Cemil Bey, tanbur (3:23; 3:28)
- Zaffa hamasiyya / Mḥammed 'Abd ar-Raḥūn Abu Msellem and group (3:10; 3:10)
- 'Ala dal'ūnā dabke / 'Abd al-Fattaḥ as-Sahāda, voice ; Aḥmed Smīr, shabbāba (2:45; 2:44)
- 'A-l-hāma, 'a-l-hāma / Mḥammed 'Abd ar-Raḥūn Abu Msellem and group ; Aḥmed Smīr, zaghrūda (ululation) (1:23; 1:23).
- Participant:
- Various performers.
- Notes:
- Transcriptions of 12 broadcast lectures given by Lachmann and transcriptions of the accompanying musical examples; audio files include the musical examples in both restored and original forms.
- Includes introduction and critical report.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Music recorded live, in studio performance, between December 2, 1936 and April 28, 1937 in Palestine.
- Accompanied by 2 CD set, The "Oriental music" broadcasts, 1936-1937.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed December 18, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 1084836707
- Publisher Number:
- OT010 A-R Editions, Inc.
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