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We hope that your
visit to this web site will be a pleasant,
joyful and an educational experience. It’s
our commitment to present as much information
about Classical Arabic Music as circumstances
allow. It’s also our belief that a rich
cultural and musical heritage, such as Arabic
Music, should be kept alive and available to our
fellow Arab Americans, our fellow Americans and
all folks who have the desire to know about, and
listen to Arabic Music.
A very diverse
art form, Arabic Music, and later on, we will
show the close relationship with Turkish and
Persian Music, is listened to in a very vast
region of the world. From the Atlantic
Ocean in North Africa to the far reaches of
Central Asia, and from
Asia Minor (present day Turkey
and the Islamic Republics of the former Soviet
Union) in the North, to Central Africa and the
Arabian Peninsula in the South.
The Arabic Music
as it’s known today in the Near East and North
Africa is the product of an evolutionary art
form that may have started as far back as the
Greek civilization. Any student of history
can testify to the contributions of the various
cultures and political powers to the evolution
of this art form. The Near East, North Africa and regions around
the Mediterranean Sea have witnessed the
intermingling of cultural and artistic knowledge
throughout ancient and modern history.
From the Greek, the Phoenician, the Roman and
the Persian empires, to the Islamic Empire, and
later the Ottomans and Europeans, a diverse
musical heritage has emerged. A rich
heritage indeed, and one, that is deserving of
flourishing and survival, so future generations
may know and enjoy.
We have tried
to, and continue trying, to collect and present
to you a diverse number of examples representing
the various Arabic musical Maqamat (Modes),
musical forms and rhythms, and selected
educational information about the musical
structure, history and musical instruments of
Arabic music.
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