Diversity in Arab music - examples
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Sabah Fakhri
(b. 1933, Aleppo, Syria)
Preeminent living tarab master
- Qul lil-maliha. A traditional mawwal. Observe: musical-poetic control, singer-instrumentalist interaction, singer-audience interaction, ambiguously evocative text, repetition, improvisation, spontaneous instrumental fills. Qul lil-maliha fil-khammar al-aswadi
Madha fa`alti bi nasikin muta`abbidi?
Tell the beautiful girl in the black veil
What did you do with a pious ascetic?
Miami Band
From Kuwait.
- Habaanko. Habaanko (audio), Habbanko (video). (The habban is a traditional Kuwaiti bagpipe.)
Marcel Khalife
- I pass by your name (audio)(video)
- Passport
- al-Zaghareed (from Al Andalus suite)
Ruby
Leeh biydari kidah (Why Is He Hiding His Feelings Like This?)
For nights I was calling my darling and he did not come He doesn't ease my mind and doesn't know what's happening to me What can I do? I love him so much Woe is me oh my fire When I see his image before my eyes all day and night What can I do? I love him so much Woe is me oh my fire When I see his image before my eyes oh what's with me?
Then why is he hiding his feelings like this And he is unaware like this And I don't know Why is he confusing me And why is he running away from me And I never cross his mind
