Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab (Cambridge Middle East Studies)
"A.J. Racy is perhaps the most important and well known scholar of Arab music and culture, and his book "Music Making in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab" is required reading not only for scholars of the Middle East and ARab world but also for musicians and scholars interested in the juncture between musical ideology and experience...provides great insight not only into what people think about music but also into the life experience of this scholar, teacher, and musician."  --Anne K. Rasmussen, The College of William and Mary: Ethnomusicology