Program Title:
Arab music : an introduction / Simon Shaheen ; produced by Barbara Nimri Aziz.
PRA Archive #:
SZ0771
Description:
Series of five mini-documentaries which explore aspects of Arab music. Analysis if provided by Professor Simon Shaheen, composer and education in Arabic music.
r.1. pt.1. String instruments : performance and examples of a variety of related string instruments (25:30) ; pt.2. Wind and percussion instruments : nye and flutes (28 min.) -- r.2. pt.3. Arab music forms : explanation and examples (28 min.) ; pt.4. Arab music structures and scales : vocal and instrumental compositions (26 min.) ; pt.5. Genres of Arab music : classical, folk, popular, and traditional (25 min.).
Station:
Date Recorded on:
1993.
Date Broadcast on:
-0-
Item duration:
2 reels (133 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.
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Distributor:
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1993.
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