Author : Israel Katz
Release : 2015-03-20
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 141/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Henry George Farmer and the First International Congress of Arab Music (Cairo 1932) by : Israel Katz
Download or read book Henry George Farmer and the First International Congress of Arab Music (Cairo 1932) written by Israel Katz. This book was released on 2015-03-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry George Farmer (1882-1965) was a pioneering musicologist who specialized in Arab music. In 1932, he participated in the First International Congress of Arab Music in Cairo, during which he maintained a journal recording his daily activities, interactions with fellow delegates and dignitaries, and varied perambulations throughout the city. This journal, and the detailed minutes he kept for his chaired Commission on History and Manuscripts, were never published. They reveal aspects and inner-workings of the Congress that have hitherto remained unknown. The illustrations and photos contained therein, as well as additional photos that were never seen, provide visual documentation of the Congress’s participants and musical ensembles.