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Maluf: Reflections on the Arab Andalusian Music of Tunisia
Maluf Reflections on the Arab Andalusian Music of Tunisia Author:Ruth Davis This is the only book in the English language on Tunesian music, or on any national tradition of Arab Andalusian music, and it is the only book in any language to survey changes in the maluf since its modern revival in the early th Century within the framework of social, political, and musical developments in Tunisia and the wider Middle East. T... more »he author explores topics such as Arab music theory, modernization, westernization, and Egyptianization the use of notation in oral tradition and cultural policy. The relations between traditional music and the mass media are also considered, and the conclusions of this study have a significance which will extend beyond Tunisian and Middle Eastern music to ethnomusicology as a whole.« less