[Andalusi Studies] A moaxaja by Ibn Al-Khatib sung by Fairuz

[E. Michael Gerli]

Dear All:

The moaxaja has been alive and well in modern popular culture for some time. The following one by Ibn Al-Khatib was sung by Fairuz at a concert in Argentina (!) in 1961.

http://youtu.be/hsme74odFKQ

Somewhere in my basement I have an old vinyl album of hers titled Andaloussiyat.

MG


E. Michael Gerli
Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
Box 400777
115 Wilson Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA  22904-4777