Music of Morocco : from the Library of Congress / recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959.

Field recordings made in Morocco by Paul Bowles under the auspices of the Library of Congress.

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Format: CD Audio
Language:Arabic
Berber
Hebrew
Published: [Atlanta, Georgia] : Dust to Digital, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • CD contents. Disc 1. Highlands : The Berbers. Ahmeilou (played by Maallem Ahmed and ensemble, recorded in Tafraout)
  • El baz ouichen : song for male voice (sung and played by Rais Ahmed ben Bakrim, in Tiznit)
  • Third sqel (sung and played by Moqaddem Mohammed ben Salem and ensemble, in Zagora)
  • Second aqlal (sung and played the Moqaddem Mohammed ben Salem and ensemble, in Zagora)
  • Ouakha dial kheir : women's chorus (sung and played by Chikh Ayyad ou Haddou and ensemble, in Tahala)
  • Aili ya mali : mixed chorus (sung and played by Chikh Ayyad ou Haddow and ensemble, in Tahala)
  • Aouache : men's chorus (sung and played by Maallem Ahmed and ensemble, in Tafraout)
  • CD contents. Disc 2. Highland : The Berbers. Aouada trio (played by Rais Mahamad ben Mohammed and ensemble, in Tamanar)
  • Chorus and dance (sung and played by Rais Mahamad ben Mohammed and ensemble, in Tamanar)
  • Reh dial beni bouhiya : qsbah solo (played by Chikh Hamed bel Hadj Hamadi ben Allal and ensemble, in Segangan
  • Sounds of general rejoicing, Ait Ourir
  • Albazaoua : women's chorus (sung and played by Maallem Ahmed Gacha and ensemble, in Ait Ourir)
  • Mouwal and izlan (sung by Chikha Fatoma bent Kaddour, in Ain Diab)
  • Qim rhori (sung adn played by Cheikha Haddouj bent Fatma Rohou and ensemble, in Khenifra)
  • Qsida dial malik (sung and played by Mohammed bel Hassan and ensemble, in Ait Mohammed)
  • CD contents. Disc 3. Lowlands : Influent strains. Ounalou biha rajao : male solo with women's chorus (sung and played by El Ferqa dial Guedra (Bechara), in Goulimine)
  • Aiyowa d'Moulay Abdeslam : rhaita solo (played by Maalem Abdeslam Sarsi el Mahet, in Arcila)
  • Rhaitas and tbola (played by Sadiq ben Mohammed Laghzaoui Morsan and ensemble, in Einzoren)
  • Mellaliya : song for male voice (sung and played by Embarek ben Mohammed, in Marrakech)
  • Taqtoqa jabaliya (sung and played by Maalem Mohammed Rhiata and ensemble, from region of Taounate, recorded in Fez)
  • Gnaoua chorus (sung and played by an unidentified ensemble, in Essaouira)
  • Gnaoui solo song (sung and played by Si Mohammed Bel Hassan Soudani, in Marrakech)
  • Fulani iresa (sung and played by Si Mohammed Bel Hassan Soudani, in Marrakech)
  • Hadouk khail (sung and played by Maallem Taieb ben Mbarek and chikhats, in Marrakech)
  • CD contents. Disc 4. Lowlands : Influent strains. Y souki hakim : secular Sephardic song (sung by Hazan Isaac Ouanounou and members of the Hevrat Gezekel, in Meknes)
  • Chalom lakha chèbii = Peace on the seventh day (Hazan Semtob Knafo and Amram Castiel, Hevrat David Hamelekh, Essaouira)
  • Qsida midh (sung and played by Maalem el Hocein and ensemble, in Meknes)
  • El hgaz el Mcharqi : Andaluz chorus (played by Abdelkrim Rais and ensemble, in Fez)
  • Andaluz music of Ouezzane (members of the family of the Chorfa of Ouezzane, in Ouezzane)
  • El fjer : early morning calls to prayer, recorded in Tangier.
  • Accompanying booklet: Paul Bowles : Moroccan recordings notes / by Lee Ranaldo
  • Music of Morocco : the Paul Bowles Collection / by Philip D. Schuyler
  • Typographical note
  • Music of Morocco / Paul Bowles
  • Disc 1 : Highlands : The Berbers
  • Disc 2 : Highlands : The Berbers
  • Disc 3 : Lowlands : Influent strains
  • Disc 4 : Lowlands : Influent strains
  • Recordings cited
  • A select bibliography and filmography.