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Famous singer Mohammed al Amin and his band Sudanese national anthem, performed by the U.S. Navy Band. The rich and varied music of Sudan has traditional, rural, northeastern African roots [1] and also shows Arabic, Western or other African influences, especially on the popular urban music from the early 20th century onwards.
The kissar (also spelled kissir), tanbour or gytarah barbaryeh is the traditional Nubian lyre, still in use in Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. It consists of a body having instead of the traditional tortoise-shell back, a shallow, round bowl of wood, covered with a soundboard of sheepskin, in which are two small round sound-holes. The arms, set ...
Hamza El Din (Arabic حمزة علاء الدين) (July 10, 1929 – May 22, 2006) was an Egyptian Nubian composer, oud player, tar player, and vocalist.He was born in southern Egypt and was an internationally known musician of his native region Nubia, situated on both sides of the Egypt–Sudan border.
Tanbūra In Cairo, played by a Nubian, 1858. The tanbūra or " Kissar " is a bowl lyre of East Africa and the Middle East. Tanbūra traces its etymology to the Persian tanbur via the Arabic tunbur ( طنبور ), though this term refers to long-necked lutes .
During the 1950s, Kuban began adding Western instruments such as the saxophone, electric guitar, bass guitar, organ, trumpet and accordion to his ensemble. [1] In 1957, Ali Kuban formed the first band of its kind in Egypt for Nubian music, and it performed concerts and weddings and participated in national events in Egypt and abroad.
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments, and other related topics. The term folk music cannot be easily defined in a precise manner. It is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work.
The LBO team, moreover, is convinced that since Oliveros' death in 2016 at age 84, her relevance has grown to the point where we are in an obvious Oliveros moment.
Because of these factors, Libya's musical heritage can be further divided into four types: 1. Ceremonial music that is associated with the culture and customs of the Sufi-Turugs. 2. Classical vocal music that belongs to the traditional Arab music of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain, 730-1494 Ad.), and includes Al-muash'shahat and Al-maluf. 3.