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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…
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Oudmigrations is an archived web resource dedicated to the journeys of ouds, their histories, and the stories attached to their makers, players, and owners. It was founded and led by Professor Rachel Beckles Willson in 2016, as part of her Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust 2015-2018. When launched in April 2016, Oudmigrations was a…