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Track 1 'Le oud fou/The mad ud' by Mounir Bachir from Iraq. A two disc set released on the Accords Croises label, 2004 and distributed by Harmonius Mundi. Made In Italy.
The ud is the most respected of all the instruments in the Arabic world. Its fifth string was attributed to Zyriab, a musician in the court of Haroun al-Rashid, exiled in the cultural turmoil of Moslem Andalucia. It gave birth to the European lute.
Mounir Bachir was its most famous servant in the 20th century. He made his art known throughout the world, and was capable of alternating classicism with fantasy as in the this number.
Track 1 'Le oud fou/The mad ud' by Mounir Bachir from Iraq. A two disc set released on the Accords Croises label, 2004 and distributed by Harmonius Mundi. Made In Italy.
The ud is the most respected of all the instruments in the Arabic world. Its fifth string was attributed to Zyriab, a musician in the court of Haroun al-Rashid, exiled in the cultural turmoil of Moslem Andalucia. It gave birth to the European lute.
Mounir Bachir was its most famous servant in the 20th century. He made his art known throughout the world, and was capable of alternating classicism with fantasy as in the this number.