Arab music reference materials

Library, web, and wiki resources

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music online (see especially Volume 6). Also see the offline versions; not everything was included online.

Oxford Music Online

Maqamworld: Theory and instruments (superb site!)

Theory documents

Music and Islam

modern Arab music timeline

Collaborative reference projects

We can edit the following pages together:

Arab music URLs. A list of relevant links.

Wikipedia articles on Arab music. A collection of what wikipedia has to offer.