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FROM THE ARAB LANDS TO SOUTH ASIA: A MUSICAL JOURNEY
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Item Number: MM167
Untitled Document
From the Arab Lands to Turkey and Iran to Central Asia and Later South Asia, music is an important art. This musical compilation, produced for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reflects the rich, distinct cultural histories of these regions, connected by the deep imprint of the Islamic faith, through a mixture of instrumental and vocal performances, traditional and contemporary compositions, and regional and cross-cultural compositions. Running Time: 51:15
1. Sirojiddin Juraev, Salar Nader Bilak Uzuk (Central Asia) (3:15) 2. Mercan Dede Sahname (Turkey) (6:14)
3. Alireza Ghorbani and Dorsaf Hamdani The Caravan (Iran) (5:50)
4. Munir Bachir Maqam Al-asil (Iraq) (4:43)
5. Performers in a Café in Tetuan Toqtoqa Jabalia (Morocco) (7:11)
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6. Alim and Fargana Qasimova Jeyran (Azerbaijan) (6:32)
7. Simon Shaheen Sama’I Kurd (Palestine) (5:52)
8. Al-Kindi Ensemble with Omar Sarmini Mûwashshah – “Man kunta anta habîbahu” (Syria) (3:23)
9. Kishori Amonkar Koyaliya na bolo daar (India) (8:31)
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Plate depicting a woman playing the tambourine, Turkey (Iznik), Ottoman period
Rosette bearing the names and titles of the Emperor Shah Jahan, Folio, India, Mughal period (1526–1858)
The Wedding of Siavush and Farangis, Folio, Iran (Tabriz), Safavid period (1501–1722)
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