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The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 16: The Middle East and Africa I [videorecording]

Title: The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 16: The Middle East and Africa I [videorecording]
Publication: 1974-1988.

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Additional Authors

Gamal, Nadia

Description

1 cassette. 60 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Series Statement

JVC video anthology of world music and dance, 16

Subject

Note

Video series produced by JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.), in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. Producer: Katsumori Ichikawa. Directors: Kunihiko Nakagawa and Yuji Ichihashi. Editorial director: Tomoaki Fujii. Distributed by Rounder Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For the accompanying program guide, see: *MGS (General) 92-2700.

Contents

CONTENTS: Turkey. No. 16-1: Azan [Islamic call to worship]. -- No. 16-2: Mehter [military music of the Ottoman Empire]: "Eski ordu marsi" ("An old army march"). -- No. 16-3: Hançer bar [knife dance]. -- No. 16-4: Dances from the Gaziantep region. The halay. -- No. 16-5: Dance from the Black Sea region. The horon. -- No. 16-6: Dance from the Afyon region. -- No. 16-7: Saz [plucked lute]. -- No. 16-8: Dance from the Silifke region. Kaşık [spoon] dance. -- No. 16-9: Asik [troubadour] performance. Perf. by Murat Cobanoglu. -- No. 16-10: Sema [Islamic dance of the whirling dervishes]. -- Iran. No. 16-11: Santur [hammered dulcimer]: "Nagme-ye karevan." Perf. by Puri Anabian. -- Iraq. No. 16-12: Bedouin dance [dabkah]. -- No. 16-13: Contemporary Iraqi song: "Ya zahrat al-madiyin." Perf. by Ibn 'Abd Allah (vocalist), with dancing by two children. -- Lebanon. No. 16-14: Lebanese popular song: "Ya qalbi." Perf. by Fayrouz (vocalist). -- No. 16-15: Belly dance. Perf. by Najika Gamal. -- Qatar. No. 16-16: Traditional songs of the Persian Gulf Arab states. -- No. 16-17: Bedouin song and dance. Perf. by Hasin Nuban (vocalist) and others. -- No. 16-18: Mortar-pounding song. -- No. 16-19: Song and dance of welcome.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1472

OCLC

NYPY926041144-F

Title

The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 16: The Middle East and Africa I [videorecording]

Imprint

1974-1988.

Series

JVC video anthology of world music and dance, 16

Summary

Music and dance of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Qatar. Nos. 1 to 4 recorded in Istanbul, Turkey, and telecast by NHK/Japan in 1974. Nos. 5 to 8 performed by the [Turkish] Tourism and Folklore Education Center Troupe at the Asian Festival of Traditional Music and Dance in Tokyo, Japan, in September 1985. Nos. 9 and 10 recorded in Turkey and telecast by NHK/Japan in 1984. No. 11 recorded in Kobe, Japan, in February 1988. No. 12: location and date unknown. No. 13 recorded at the Babylon music festival in Babylon, Iraq, in October 1987. No. 14 recorded at the Ba'albek International Music Festival, n.d. No. 15 recorded in Beirut, Lebanon, n.d. Nos. 16 to 19 recorded in Qatar, n.d.

Local Subject

Television. JVC video anthology of world music and dance.

Dance -- Turkey.

Dance -- Iran.

Dance -- Iraq.

Dance -- Lebanon.

Dance -- Qatar.

Folk dancing -- Turkey.

Music -- Turkey.

Music -- Iran.

Folk dancing -- Iraq.

Dagger dances.

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Turkey.

Child dancers.

Dervish dances.

Belly dance.

Added Author

Gamal, Nadia, dancer.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1472

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