Tunisia, Vol. 1: The Classical Arab-Andalusian Music of Tunis

After the rise of Islam in the 7th century, classical Arab music developed in cities and later in the Muslim (Moorish) Andalusian courts of Seville, Granada, and Cordoba. From the 13th century onward, the Christian reconquista of Spain drove the Muslims to North Africa, where these local styles took root. In his liner notes, ethnomusicologist Wolfgang Laade explains that the goal of the Seville–influenced Tunis music presented here is the exact reproduction of traditional repertoire. Liner notes include a description of Arab–Andalusian music history, forms, and instruments.

Track Listing

101	Taqsîm Beyati	S¯alih al-Mahd¯i	02:02
102	Bashraf Samâ'î in the mode Sîka	Orchestra of the Rashîdia	07:20
103	Taqsîm Rasdu-dh-Dîl	Tahar Gharsa	06:03
104	Bashraf Samâ'î in Rasdu-dh-Dîl	Association Musulmane de Musique, led by Djelani ben Chaffai ben Bader	10:22
201	Taqsîm Sîka	Khaled Kaak	04:18
202	Andalusian Nawbah in the mode Sîka	n/a	22:41