[Andalusi Studies] Muwashshah in modern music

[Alexander e Elinson]

Dear All,

In addition to Jean's suggestions, may I add Jonathan Shannon's "Performing al-Andalus, Remembering al-Andalus: Mediterranean Soundings from Mashriq to Maghrib" Journal of American Folklore 120 (477): 308-334. He also discusses the muwashshah in his book, Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria. Wesleyan UP, 2009. I don't remember if he treats the muwashshah in particular, but you might look at Dwight Reynolds' "Musical 'Membrances of Medieval Muslim Spain" in Charting Memory: Recalling Medieval Spain, edited by Stacy Beckwith. Garland, 2000. pp. 155-68.

There is an active and interesting zajal culture in Morocco, but I do not know about its performance practices. For more on that, see Deborah Kapchan's "Zajal" in Mediterraneans 11 (Winter 1990-2000): 45-47

Great question.

Alex


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Subject: Re: [Andalusi Studies] Muwashshah in modern music

Dear David,

I love this question.  Here is a link to an article from the MESA Bulletin on the muwashshahat in modern Syrian performance:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/23063089

Google Scholar brings up a couple of other interesting sources as well, most notably Tova Rosen’s brief discussion in the chapter from The Literature of Al-Andalus, where she mentions the muwashshah as part of the repertoire of the Lebanese singer Fairouz.  Extending the question to the zajal, Alex Elinson gave a paper last fall at the SCMLA in New Orleans on Driss Mesnnaoui, a current Moroccan writer and zajal poet, though I don’t believe he performs with music.

Good luck,
Jean

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From: andalusi_studies-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu [mailto:andalusi_studies-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu] On Behalf Of David Wacks
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 8:31 AM
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Subject: [Andalusi Studies] Muwashshah in modern music

Dear Andalusiyyin,
Can anyone refer to to scholarship dealing with the muwashshah as a modern performance genre? Thanks very much.

Best regards,
David

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