MENAME repertoire

A meeting will be scheduled for May and June 2007...stay tuned!

Plan:

Review old repertoire, selecting from:

   * Signature piece (Bilafrah) & taqsim
   * Dulab Nahawand
   * Ya Banat Iskandariyya
   * Dulab and Taqasim Bayyati
   * Ah ya hilw
   * al-Hilwa Di
   * Ah Ya Zayn 
   * Nassem alayna al-hawa. Composition and text by Asi Rahbani (1923-1986) and Mansur Rahbani (b. 1925), both Lebanese.
   * Ah Ya Lally. Traditional Egyptian heritage.
   * Lamma Bada Traditional Arab heritage.
   * Foug al-Nakhal. Traditional Iraqi heritage.  

Continue our study of:

(1) A Persian song, suggested by Elaheh

(2) An Israeli song, suggested by Ben

(3) Turkish songs, suggested by Ahmet and Mario

(I only have Lelim Ley online so far, but notation for the others has been distributed)

(4) Wahrane, a song performed by Khaled from Algeria, suggested by me