… ouds by George and Hifnawi
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Munir Bashir and the Iraqi oud
… the arrival of the floating bridge …
The oud in Iran
… from past to present …
Why would an English woman compose music for oud?
…transforming the past…
A Tunisian musical icon
… the ʻAbd ʻAzīz Jemaīl Tunisian ʻūd (1923) in the Collection of Jellāl Ben ʻAbdallah
Oud of a virtuoso
… an instrument belonging to Jamil Bashir …
Nostalgia and the female oud player
How much have women shaped the world of the oud?
The oud in England
…’an exotic caged bird’…
Salman Shukur’s oud
…a relationship between player and instrument could last after the player himself passed on…
Egyptian Ouds from 1800 to the 1930s
By Tarek Abdallah In the period 1800-1895, written and iconographic sources relating to Egyptian musical instruments describe one predominant model of oud, namely the seven-course instrument known appropriately as al-‘ūd as-Sab‘āwī. However, as discussed elsewhere on Oudmigrations, of the two 19th-century ouds that travelled from Alexandria to Brussels, one has only six courses, and a…
An Iraqi gift from Syria
… a gift that preserved a treasure …
Oudmigrations launch concert
Memories of a celebration…