Cairo Congress of Arab Music

A **Congrès du Caire** (a Congress dendeŋ soba naŋ taa eebo a Arab Yiele; Arabic: مؤتمر الموسيقى العربية الأول; *Mu'tamar al'mūsiqā al-'arabiyya al-awwal*) da e la international symposium kpoŋ ane yiele tigiri naŋ da taa eebo yi King Fuad I a Cairo, Egypt, yi Maakye 14 te tɔ Kyɛpire 3, 1932. A hakɛlɛ ŋa da yelee yi a Fuad naŋ da e a French ethnomusicologist Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger, ane a congress naŋ da e a large-scale forum a naŋ tere, manne, sɛge-binne kyɛ meŋ la sɛge a lesiri yiele ko a  Arab tenda-gbuli naŋ be a North Africa ane a Middle East. 

## Discography

* 1988 - *Congrès du Caire, 1932: musique arabe savante & populaire* / Muhammad al-Qubanchi, Dawood Hosni, Muhammad Ghanim, etc. 2 CDs made from historical recordings in the occasion of Cairo Congress in 1932: v. 1. Musique savante de Bagdad/Irak; Musique populaire/Égypte—v. 2. Musique citadine de Tlemcen/Algérie; Musique savante de Fès/Maroc; Musique citadine de Tunis/Tunisie. Includes a special booklet in Arabic, English, and French. Paris: Édition Bibliothèque Nationale - L'Institut du Monde arabe (Ma`had al-`Alam al-`Arabi), APN 88-9,10.
* 1989 - *Maroc: Musique Classique* / Congres du Caire 1932 Cheikh Mohamed Chouika and Omar Jaïdi / Moroccan famous musicians. Paris: Club du Disque Arabe/Artistes Arabes Associés AAA006.
* 1994 - *Le Maqam en Iraq* vol. I Congres du Caire 1932 / Muhammad al-Qubanchi / Iraqi singer Muhammad al-Qubanchi, et al. Paris: Club du Disque Arabe  AAA087.
* 1994 - *Malouf Tunisien: La Musique Classique Tunisienne* - Congres du Caire 1932. Tunisian classical music performed by Mohamed Ben Hassan and Mohamed Cherif. Paris: Club du Disque Arabe AAA094.
* 1994 - *Le Maqam en Iraq* vol. II Congres du Caire 1932 / Muhammad al-Qubanchi / Historical recordings of Iraqi Muhammad al-Qubanchi, et al. Paris: Club du Disque Arabe AAA097.
* 1995 - *Musique Classique Arabo-Andalouse* - ECOLE DE TLEMCEN Congres du Caire 1932 / ELHADJ ELARBI BENSARI et RODWANE. Historical recordings of Algerian Larbi Bensari (1857-1964) and his son Redouane. Paris: Club du Disque Arabe AAA098.
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## Bibliography

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* _____ (2015). "Comparative musicologists in the field: Reflections on the Cairo Congress of Arab Music, 1932 (2015) in V.L. Levine and P.V. Bohlman (eds.), *This thing called music: Essays in honor of Bruno Nettl*, Lanham, MD, pp.&nbsp;137–50.
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## Ziiri mine liŋkiri

* Article from ''Al-Ahram''
* Article about the "First Congress of Arabic Music in 1932: A Richly Diverse Palette of Rhythm and Timbre" from qantara.de

## Sommo Yizie