Fwd: [Licjm3] Judeo-arab music in Bagdad

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

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>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:49:19 -0400
>From: peled <114034(dot)2107 (at) compuserve(dot)com>
>
>dear,
>To everybody who can help me,
>
>my name is Marco Zion and I'm recordproducer for an Israeli label Zuta
>music were I'm directing the CafeOrient collection. The purpose of this
>collection is to preserve the judeo-arab musical heritage, besides arab
>music productions.
>
>We released last june the Iraqi jew Salim el Nur, a cd with archives from
>the IBA 'israel Broadcast authority). The cd is a compilation of 12 songs
>composed by seleim elNur between 1938 and 1977.
>Selim al Nur is now 80 years ols and remains one of the most creative
>musicians left from a whole generation of Iraqi born jews.
>
>i'm looking for all informations concerning the music activities of the
>jewish community of Bagdad in the period between 1900 and 1949 (date of the
>massive exodus of iraqi jews to israel). 
>
>it will be for me a great help for preparing another production with Iraqi
>jews.
>
>i'm looking forward to hear from someone soon.
>best regards,
>marco zion.
>
>PS. unfortunately I couldn't come to the conference last june. I was on
>tour with musicians in the same period.
>
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