Oman Traditional Arts Of The Sultanate Of Oman

Tracklist

1	Taghrud (Camel Song)	4:59
2	'Azi (Praise Song)	5:01
3	Razhah Qasafiya (Dance With Weapons)	5:08
4	Wahhabiyah (Dance With Weapons)	5:19
5	Lewah (Dance With The Oboe	4:58
6	Malid (Praising The Phrophet)	12:26
7	Tamburah (Voice Of The Lyre)	8:19
8	Shubani (Song Of The Sailors)	3:27
9	Haryabuh (Pleading For Safe Return)	7:40
10	Sharh (Songs Of Happiness)	4:43
11	Bar'ah (Dance Of Youth)	3:45

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Auvidis

Credits

• Liner Notes – Dieter Christensen
• Photography – Dieter Christensen, Khalfan Al-Barwani, Nerthus Christensen, OCTM*
• Recorded By – Dieter Christensen

Notes

Recordings and text by Dieter Christensen, In cooperation with the staff of the Oman Center For Traditional Music.
Edited by UNESCO and AUVIDIS in collaboration with the International Music Council

Tracks:
1. Recorded with Shaykh Musallim Bin Tafal Al Mas'hali and his men at Wadi Maq Shin, Southern Region, August 1991.
2. Recorded in Nizwa, July 1991.
3. Recorded in Nizwa, July 1991.
4. Performed in a wedding by the Firqat Majis Al-Shamaliyah, July 1991.
5. This recording was made in August 1990, During a wedding in Hijrah, a ward of the town of Sohar. The Lewah group of dancers and drummers is that of Sulayman Bin Walid Mawlah Al-'Ajami from Sallan, while the oboe player was brought from the town of Musana'ah.
6. Recorded with the Halqat Hathirah, Sohar, at a Nather Ceremony in Koron, Sohar, on August 1991, with its Khalifah Muhammed Bin 'Al Bin Yusif Al-Sidrani as the "Reader".
7. In this recording, Made June 1991 in Sur with the Tamburah group of Hadid Bin Jum'ah Al-Farsi, the "Father OF The Tambura" leads the singing and plays the instrument himself.
8. Recorded in Sur, June 1991, with the Ensemble Of The Club "Progress" of Aybah.
9. Recorded in Mirbat July 1991, with the Hadid Bin Shamsad Ensemble
10. Recorded in Mirbat July 1991, with the Hadid Bin Shamsad Ensemble
11. Performed by the Firqat Khalfan During a Nather ceremony in Mirbat, Southern region, July 1991.

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