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Author AlHaj, Rahim, instrumentalist.

Title When the soul is settled : music of Iraq.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [2006]
℗2006

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Description 1 audio disc (73 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 000848 000432 000742 000834 000749 000816 000919 001049 000705
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
plastic metal
Description digital
optical
stereo
1.4 m/s
audio file
CD audio
Medium of Performance oud 1 percussion 1 2
Note Improvisations on traditional maqām from Iraq.
Title from container.
"Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage"--Back of container.
Performer Rahim AlHaj, oud ; Souhail Kaspar, percussion.
Event Recorded 2005 May 4-7 Private Ear Recording, Hyattsville, Md.
Note Program notes, bibliography and discography in English and Arabic (17, 15 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents Taqsīm maqām Ājam (8:48) -- Taqsīm maqām Mukhālif (4:32) -- Taqsīm maqām Sīkā (7:42) -- Taqsīm maqām Kurd (8:34) -- Taqsīm maqām Bayyat-Husayni (7:49) -- Taqsīm maqām Hijaz (8:16) -- Taqsīm maqām Lāmī (9:19) -- Taqsīm maqām Sharqī Rast (10:49) -- Taqsīm maqām Saba (7:05).
Summary Rahim Alhaj performs nine selections of traditional Iraqi music on the oud, a Middle Eastern stringed instrument, with percussion accompaniment.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 16).
Subject Oud and percussion music.
Oud and percussion music.
Maqām -- Iraq.
Maqām.
Iraq.
Music -- Iraq.
Music.
Genre/Form Folk music.
Folk music.
Studio recordings.
Studio recordings.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Added Author Kaspar, Souhail, instrumentalist.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Added Title Music of Iraq
Standard No. 093074053324
Music No. SFW CD 40533 Smithsonian Folkways