The waṣla is the base supporting the performance of Arabic Classical Music. It constitutes a part of a musical concert. Thus we would have: a waṣla followed by an …

‘Abbās Ḥilmī Ibn Muḥammad Tawfīq Ibn Ismā‘īl Ibn Ibrāhīm Ibn Muḥammad ‘Alī was born in Alexandria on July 14th 1874. He ruled Egypt before he was 18, starting January 8th …

  Sāhī el-gufūn mā kafāk el-hagr yā sāhī Farḥān bi til‘ab we ‘an ḥāl el-shagī sāhī El-lēl yṭūl yā amar sahrān ‘alēk sāhī Ḥisbak te’ūl mudda‘ī yā mgannin el-‘ushshā’ Dā …

The third phase of the dawr’s evolution started with a generation of composers that included mashāyikh students, singing theatre (operetta) students, and other students who gained their learning and knowledge …

  Dear listeners, Welcome to a new episode of “Min al-tārīkh”. In today’s episode, we will resume our discussion about Zakī Afandī Murād.   The previous episode ended with Zakī …

  Dear listeners, Welcome to a new episode of “Min al-tārīkh”. Today’s episode is about Zakī Afandī Murād.   Professor Frédéric Lagrange tells us about Zakī Murād: F.L.: Zakī Murād …

The bayyātī maqām is the unparalleled most widely spread maqām from the Arabic Maghreb going west to the Iberian peninsula including Spain and Portugal, then up to the east of …

  This episode resumes our discussion about the form of the dawr. We will start it with the second generation of the Nahḍa composers, i.e. the students of Muḥammad ‘Uthmān …

  The mawwāl is the third passage of the musical waṣla sang in classical Arabic during the Nahḍa period. It is preceded by the instrumental istihlāl (overture) represented by the …

The rāst maqām is the first maqām and the basis of melodies in the maqām hierarchy and the melody scales of the Arabic musical system. Rāst is a Persian word …