We hope that your visit to this
web site will be a pleasant, joyful and an educational
experience. It’s our commitment to present as much
information about Classical Arabic Music as circumstances
allow. It’s also our belief that a rich cultural and
musical heritage, such as Arabic Music, should be kept alive
and available to our fellow Arab Americans, our fellow
Americans and all folks who have the desire to know about,
and listen to Arabic Music.
A very diverse art form, Arabic Music,
and later on, we will show the close relationship with
Turkish and Persian Music, is listened to in a very vast
region of the world. From the Atlantic Ocean in North
Africa to the far reaches of Central Asia, and from Asia
Minor (present day Turkey and the Islamic Republics of the
former Soviet Union) in the North, to Central Africa and the
Arabian Peninsula in the South.
The Arabic Music as it’s known today
in the Near East and North Africa is the product of an
evolutionary art form that may have started as far back as
the Greek civilization. Any student of history can
testify to the contributions of the various cultures and
political powers to the evolution of this art form.
The Near East, North Africa and regions around the
Mediterranean Sea have witnessed the intermingling of
cultural and artistic knowledge throughout ancient and
modern history. From the Greek, the Phoenician, the
Roman and the Persian empires, to the Islamic Empire, and
later the Ottomans and Europeans, a diverse musical heritage
has emerged. A rich heritage indeed, and one, that is
deserving of flourishing and survival, so future generations
may know and enjoy.
We have tried to, and continue trying, to collect and
present to you a diverse number of examples representing the
various Arabic musical Maqamat (Modes), musical forms and
rhythms, and selected educational information about the
musical structure, history and musical instruments of Arabic
music.
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