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* Maqam exercise:  Hijaz
* Maqam exercise:  Hijaz
* Ah Ya Zayn (eventually we'll do [https://vimeo.com/106365664 this film version with dance].
* Ah Ya Zayn (eventually we'll do [https://vimeo.com/106365664 this film version with dance].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHXWa2kH790&t=946s Hibbina] (22:20), composed and sung by Farid al-Atrash, from the 1975 film "Nagham fi Hayati" (A melody in my life).
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHXWa2kH790&t=946s Hibbina] (22:20), composed and sung by Farid al-Atrash, from the 1975 film "Nagham fi Hayati" (A melody in my life). Hanan works as a secretary for Mamdouh, the respected singer who is also good friends with her family. She goes to Lebanon to spend the summer with her mother, and see her boyfriend Mohsen who dreams of immigrating to Brazil to earn a decent living and become rich instead of working at his father's coffee shop. Hanan tries to discourage him from going away because they love each other. However, Mohsen leaves the country which breaks his father's heart as well as Hanan's who later discovers that she's pregnant with his child. Fearing that her pregnancy would cause a scandal, she tries to commit suicide but Mamdouh rescues her just in time. When he learns about her dilemma he decides to marry her and father her unborn child despite the age difference between them. After Mamdouh and Hanan wed they realize their feelings towards each other have turned into love.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQkYBl_DknY&list=PL0cWghyXVqf02EZ51og17WaangxWqtzyO&index=44&t=12s Leylim Ley] (49:45), from the 1985 film "Mavi mavi" (Blue blue), sung by Ibrahim Tatlises.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQkYBl_DknY&list=PL0cWghyXVqf02EZ51og17WaangxWqtzyO&index=44&t=12s Leylim Ley] (49:45), from the 1985 film "Mavi mavi" (Blue blue), sung by Ibrahim Tatlises.  A poor bus drive falls in love with a rich but the customs of his world forces him otherwise.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DBHKqoXuCc Nassam alayna al-Hawa], from the 1968 film "Bint al-Haris", featuring Fairouz. Song by the Rahbani brothers (Mansur and Assi)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DBHKqoXuCc Nassam alayna al-Hawa], from the 1968 film "Bint al-Haris", featuring Fairouz. Song by the Rahbani brothers (Mansur and Assi). A young girl's father is fired from his job as a guard because there are no more criminals left in town so she pretends to be a thief in order to stir up trouble and get him his job back.

Revision as of 18:42, 16 January 2020

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16 Jan:

  • Introduction to the course:
    • MENA
    • Languages
    • History
    • Musical characteristics
  • Requirements
  • Introduction to maqamat and iqa`at or durub
  • Percussion exercise: maqsum
  • Maqam exercise: Hijaz
  • Ah Ya Zayn (eventually we'll do this film version with dance.
  • Hibbina (22:20), composed and sung by Farid al-Atrash, from the 1975 film "Nagham fi Hayati" (A melody in my life). Hanan works as a secretary for Mamdouh, the respected singer who is also good friends with her family. She goes to Lebanon to spend the summer with her mother, and see her boyfriend Mohsen who dreams of immigrating to Brazil to earn a decent living and become rich instead of working at his father's coffee shop. Hanan tries to discourage him from going away because they love each other. However, Mohsen leaves the country which breaks his father's heart as well as Hanan's who later discovers that she's pregnant with his child. Fearing that her pregnancy would cause a scandal, she tries to commit suicide but Mamdouh rescues her just in time. When he learns about her dilemma he decides to marry her and father her unborn child despite the age difference between them. After Mamdouh and Hanan wed they realize their feelings towards each other have turned into love.
  • Leylim Ley (49:45), from the 1985 film "Mavi mavi" (Blue blue), sung by Ibrahim Tatlises. A poor bus drive falls in love with a rich but the customs of his world forces him otherwise.
  • Nassam alayna al-Hawa, from the 1968 film "Bint al-Haris", featuring Fairouz. Song by the Rahbani brothers (Mansur and Assi). A young girl's father is fired from his job as a guard because there are no more criminals left in town so she pretends to be a thief in order to stir up trouble and get him his job back.