Instrumental rendition of the sung Maqam Siga on santur, performed by Khaduri Bassun,…

Two complementary bibliographies intended as an aid for planning programs for the Jewish…

… understood the term balaĝ as a general word for musical instruments (Hartmann 1960: 57) or for stringed instruments (Krispijn 1990: 6–7; 2002: 468). Similarly to …

This recording presents traditional instrumental solo improvisations performed by Arab…

… are of musical and musicological interest. Names of musical instruments are mentioned as are antiphony and musical …

… as they search for material from which to assemble homemade instruments. The materials are then brought back and the boys build drums, stringed instruments, and flutes while the girls decorate them. Once that is complete the children sing and dance with the instruments. Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the …

… … 23464 … Bronze Age … Ancient … Ancient music … Ancient Instruments … Ancient Musical Practices … Musical instruments … Ugarit … Musical Practices and Instruments in Late Bronze Age Ugarit (Syria) … Annie Caubet …

The most important collection of early Klezmer music by one of the best scholars in the…

The Klezmer musicians of the Ultra-Orthodox communiity in Jerusalem, Safed and…

Abraham Abulafia (1240- circ 1291) lists three connections between music and the…