Arabic and Druse music
Series: Ethnic Folkways library
Published: 1956
Language: ara
Format: [sound recording]
Subjects: Arabic Songs; Druzes; Music; Arabic Music
Notes: Analytical notes with musical examples and English texts (8 p.) inserted in slipcase.

Instrumental music performed principally on stringed, double reed, or percussion instruments; vocal music, sung in Arabic by female and male singers.

Recorded in Palestine (Nazareth, Jaffa, Abu Ghosh, Isfya, and Hittim) by Sam Eskin.
Table of contents: title: Nazareth: Ud music.; title: Jaffa: Welcome song; Love song; Song of eulogy; Songs of praise and joy; Song of eulogy.; title: Nazareth: Arab wedding music.; title: Bedouin: Song; Song of grief.; title: Abu Ghosh: Folk song; Song of longing.; title: Isfya: Druse double reed and voices; Druse wedding song.; title: Hittim: Druse festival.