{"product_id":"2528193","title":"Al Andaluz Project - The Songs Of Iman Kandoussi [CD]","description":"The Al Andaluz Project group was formed in 2005 after the musicians of Estampie attended a\u003cbr\u003econcert by the Spanish band Aman Aman as part of the Jewish Culture Days in Munich. With\u003cbr\u003ethe aim of reviving the music of the Jewish-Sephardic, Christian and Arabo-Andalusian cultures,\u003cbr\u003eas they were in Moorish-ruled Spain in peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence, the band\u003cbr\u003erecorded four studio and one live album between 2006 and 2013 and played numerous\u003cbr\u003econcerts and festivals throughout Europe. The three singers Sigrid Hausen, Mara Aranda and\u003cbr\u003eIman Kandoussi, each representing one of the three cultures, were always at the centre of the\u003cbr\u003emusic. 'The Songs of Iman Kandoussi' is now the first thematic compilation of the repertoire of\u003cbr\u003ethis extraordinary band, which focuses on the Arabo-Andalusian repertoire and centres around\u003cbr\u003ethe Moroccan singer.\u003cbr\u003eWhen talking about the musical culture of the Arab world in general or the Maghreb in particular\u003cbr\u003e(note: Maghreb refers to the areas of present-day Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), the particular\u003cbr\u003ediversity of Arab music must be emphasized. The influence of Andalusian culture in this region\u003cbr\u003eis very great. Al-Andalus constituted in its day a culture superior to that of North Africa and to\u003cbr\u003ethat of Northern Spain and the rest of Europe. For this reason, the Andalusian culture was able\u003cbr\u003eto impose itself on the minor cultures of the Maghreb. After the fall of the last Islamic kingdom\u003cbr\u003eon the Iberian Peninsula, the Maghreb became the habitat for this flourishing culture.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not easy to talk about the music of Al-Andalus that developed in the medieval Iberian\u003cbr\u003ePeninsula, as we are dealing with a repertoire that spans a period of almost eight centuries. The\u003cbr\u003evast majority of scholars agree that the Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba was the period of\u003cbr\u003egreatest musical and cultural flourishing. While poetry was transmitted in writing, knowledge of\u003cbr\u003emusic was passed on orally, and it was not until the 20th century that Arabic music was\u003cbr\u003etranscribed into Western musical notation. Interest in the music of Al-Andalus received a strong\u003cbr\u003eboost when the Kharja, which are poetic-musical compositions written in an Arabic, Romance,\u003cbr\u003eor Hebrew dialect, were discovered in the mid-20th century. This was proof that the society of\u003cbr\u003eAl-Andalus was multilingual. This album contains some pieces from this musical and poetic\u003cbr\u003eheritage of Al-Andalus that have spread throughout the countries of North Africa and the Middle\u003cbr\u003eEast, becoming a musical tradition that has endured to this day.\u003cbr\u003eMusic has always had the power and ability to bring different cultures and people together to\u003cbr\u003espread a message of peace to the world, and there has hardly been a time when such a\u003cbr\u003emessage was not urgently needed. Accompanied by musicians from Morocco, Spain and\u003cbr\u003eGermany, The Songs of Iman Kandoussi is a portrait of a great singer that reminds us that\u003cbr\u003ecooperation, mutual respect and cultural diversity are the basis for peace and shared\u003cbr\u003edevelopment.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229585756545,"sku":"2528193","price":15.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/71BXjTWZ5lL._AC_SL1500.jpg?v=1744716448","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2528193","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}