Metadata & Links Content Keywords Ethnography Ethnomusicological Research Iraq Jewish musicians Maqam Metadata Material type Recording Year 1970 Place of Recording Israel Media Tape Tradition Baghdadi Country/Area Iraq 8. Maqam Siga Esther Warkov's Dissertation Audio Examples (CDs 1-5) Copy Link Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited Maqam siga Ya‘qub al-‘Amari (singer, ud), Avraham Salman (qanun), Sasson Abdu (violin) Ya’qub al-‘Amari performs maqam siga (singer, ud), accompanied by Avraham Salman (qanun) and Sasson Abdu (violin). Recorded in Israel at radio station in 1970, sourced from tape 20 B item 2, radio tape. Related content Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born in Baghdad in… Netanel Cohen (Musai) A scholar specializing in Jewish music, with a particular emphasis on the liturgical and piyyut…