Music in Spanish Al-Andalus

La Música de Al-Andalus
La muwassaha
Al Turath Ensemble - Muhammad Hamadiyih
Almaviva 0123

Contents:

    Warlah de Maqam Hijaz
  1. Sama'i
  2. Muwashshaha - Ya ghusayna-l-bani
  3. Muwashshaha - Ma-htiyali
  4. Muwashshaha - Hajarni habibi
  5. Muwashshaha - Ya fatina-l-ghuzlan
  6. Muwashshaha - 'Unqu-l-malih
  7. Dulab
  8. Taqsim
  9. Layali - Ya layli ya'ayni
  10. Qasidah
  11. Qad - Ya mayilah 'ala-l-ghusun 'ayni
  12. Mawwal
  13. Qad - Fuq an-nakhil
  14. Qad - Al-bulbul nagha 'aghusni-l-fill
  15. Qad - Qadduka-l-mayyas ya'umri
  16. Qad - Bini w-binak haru-l-'awazil

Performers: Mahmud Faris, Rabi' ash-Shahir, Ahmad Kabbari, 'Ali Muhsin, Mahmud Hamadiyih, Muhammad Hamadiyih (voices); 'Abd al-Basit Bakkar, Rafwan 'Abd al-Qadir, Khalid Budaqah (violins); 'Abd ar-Rahim 'Ajin ('ud), Yusif Salim (qanun), Jamal Shamiyih (riqq), 'Abd al-Qadir Shamiyih (darabukkah)

Playing time: 75'

Recording date: April 1996 (Aleppo, Syria)

The "muwashshaha" is essentially a poetic-improvisatory vocal genre, with origins in medieval Spain. This is a very "Arabic" performance, concentrating primarily on styles outlined in medieval Spanish texts, but continued in present day Syria.

A related program on the present label:

La Música de Al-Andalus
La nuba garnati de Tlemecén (Argelia) / Nuba garnati from Tlemecén (Algeria)
Ensemble Hawtar-Tilimsem - Smaine Mhd. El Amine
Almaviva 0132

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Todd M. McComb