Album : Sufi Songs of Damaskus
Artist : Hamza Shakkûr and the Al-Kindî Ensemble
Release date : 1995
Label : Long Distance France
Number of discs : 1
Total time : 01:00:34
Tracklist:
[1-2] Al-Salam Al-Rabi :
Traditional arrangement: Julien al-din Weiss
Sacred musical suite in the Mawlawiyya Dervish tradition
Huzam mode
- Taqsim Huzam [composition Abd al-salam safar]
- Taqsim Sikah [composition Julian Jalal al-Din Weiss]
- Mawwal Sikah [composition Hamza Shakkur]
[3-4] Ghayri Ala S-Sulwan Qadir :
Trad. Arr Julien Jalal al-Din
Sacred musical suite in the Mawlawiyya Dervish tradition
Huzam mode
- Taqsim Rast Qanun [composition Julian Jalal al-Din Weiss]
- Taqsim Rast Nay [composition Abd al-salam safar]
- Layali Rast [composition Hamza Shakkur]
- Ibtihal Bayyati [composition Hamza Shakkur]
[5] Chanting (Tartil) Of The Qur’an
Chapter of the family of Imran, |||, 33 A 37
Bayyati mode
During the medieval heyday of Islamic hegemony, Damascus held one of the great music schools (Cordoba being the other). Its Sufi brotherhoods have since preserved a tradition that incorporated Byzantine and Armenian Christian elements. Shakkur is one of the great Sufi vocalists. He performs two types of sacred suite that include instrumental sections for nay flute, qanun dulcimer and frame-drum.
~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music, All Music Guide
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