The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun

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The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun. 2008. Ontario Arts Council / Conseil des Arts de l'Ontario. ISBN 978-0-9809661-0-7. Distributed by http://www. georgedimitrisawa.com. Performed by the Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble. Annotated by George Dimitri Sawa. 15 pp. of notes in English. 10 colour photographs, 11 rhythmic notations. 8-item bibliography. 1 compact disc, 10 tracks (51:26).

A mainstay of eastern Arab ensembles, the qanun was transformed around the beginning of the twentieth century by the addition of flap bridges to facilitate changes of mode. On this CD George Sawa, well known to musicologists for his important publications on Abbasid sources, performs …