Andalusian music

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Andalusian music · In 822 the musician Ziryab came from Baghdad to the court of Córdoba, and according to tradition he laid the foundation there for an Andalusian tradition of its own. The most important form became the nuba: a long suite of sung poems in a single mode, each section of which begins slowly and speeds up. When Muslim rule in Spain ended, refugees took the music with them to North Africa. Orchestras in Fez, Tlemcen, Algiers and Tunis still play it today, with oud, rebab, violin and drums.

Listening

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  Nuba al-Hijaz al-Kabir: Basit (Bughya, tushiya) · Orchestre al-Brihi de Fès & Haj Abdelkrim al-Raïs
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  Qodoum El Massa · Dahmane Ben Achour
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  Extraits d'une nouba du mode rasd · Ben Tobbal, 1967

See also

• Orchestre al-Brihi de Fès & Haj Abdelkrim al-Raïs
• Dahmane Ben Achour
• Ben Tobbal
• Arabic classical music (maqam)
• Troubadours and trouvères
• Flamenco