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Professional Organizations: Middle East

Links to music education societies and organizations

Online Resources

Traditional Iranian Music Videos on YouTube

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Arabic Classical, Sufi, & Traditional Music Videos on YouTube

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Traditional Afghan Music Videos on YouTube

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Print Resources [Check I-Share for availability]

The music of the Arabs by Touma, Habib
ISBN: 0931340888
Publication Date: 1996
Music in the world of Islam : a socio-cultural study by Shiloah, Amnon.
ISBN: 0814325890
Publication Date: 1995
Philosophies of music in medieval Islam by Shehadi, Fadlou.
ISBN: 9004101284
Publication Date: 1995
Historical facts for the Arabian musical influence by Farmer, Henry George
Publication Date: 1930
Maʻlūf : reflections on the Arab Andalusian music of Tunisia by Davis, Ruth Frances.
ISBN: 0810851385
Publication Date: 2004
Music of Afghanistan : professional musicians in the city of Herat by Baily, John
ISBN: 0521250005
Publication Date: 1988
The dastgah concept in Persian music by Farhat, Hormoz
ISBN: 052130542X
Publication Date: 1990
The Arab influence in medieval Europe by edited by Dionisius A. Agius and Richard Hitchcock
ISBN: 086372213X
Publication Date: 1994
Palestinian Arab music : a Maqām tradition in practice by Cohen, Dalia.
ISBN: 0226112993
Publication Date: 2006
Armenian sacred and folk music by Komitas, Vardapet
ISBN: 0700706372
Publication Date: 1998

Contact Information

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Video Resources

Dissonance and harmony: Arabic music goes West by produced and directed by Jonathan Brandeis
ISBN: 0793670071
Publication Date: 2008
DVD
The JVC video anthology of world music and dance: Middle East & Africa I : Turkey/Iran/Iraq/Lebanon/Qatar by producer, ICHIKAWA Katsumori.
Publication Date: 1988
Videocasette