Iraqi-Jewish Music

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On the subject of Iraqi-Jewish Music, Renair Records has just released a CD of 
Iraqi singers from the 1920s titled "Shbahoth" or songs of praise. These songs 
were sung on Shabbat and on other festivals . With extensive sleeve notes by 
the noted music scholar Sara Manasseh and in digitally remastered sound, this 
reissue makes available for the first time recordings that Hagguli Darzi, Selim 
Daoud, Shlomo Mouallim and others made in Iraq in the 1920s.
Recorded on the Baidaphon , Polyphon and Odeon labels they represent a precious 
legacy and allow us to hear an aural snapshot of a 2,500 year old tradition.
Renair Records can be contacted at records (at) renair(dot)co(dot)uk 

Julian Futter
61 Warrington Crescent
London W9 1EH
+44 207 289 7960
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eva Broman 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:01 AM
  Subject: More on Salim Halali et al


  Hi again,

  There's a great web site with musical samples of Salim Halali and other 
singers:

  http://www.geocities.com/Paris/6256/judeo.htm

  and another one on the Jewish musicians of Irak:

  http://www.dangoor.com/72page42.html

  Another link to Jewish musicians/singers of the Arab world is Enrico Macias, 
née Gaston Ghrenassia (his dad played with Cheik Raymond, if I'm not 
mistaken)-when I first went to Paris in the late seventies I fell in love with 
his songs..."Soleil, soleil de mon pays perdu..." Ah!

  Eva