Stations

A way in by mood. Each plays on from piece to piece, across the mizans.

The noubas

All eleven are entered, texts and recordings, with the two quddāms that stand outside them. Raml al-Māya is the first whose words follow the voice; the others are being timed.

The five mizans of Raml al-Māya

Five movements, each on its own rhythm. Each starts broad and ends fast.

Three orchestras

Fès, Rabat and Tétouan: the three great orchestras of the last century, on the radio, in concert and at soirées. Each sings the same sanaa its own way.

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