Henry George Farmer And The First International Congress Of Arab Music (cairo 1932) (islamic History And Civilization)
by Israel Katz /
2015 / English / PDF
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Henry George Farmer (1882-1965) was a pioneering musicologist who
specialized in Arab music. In 1932, he participated in the First
International Congress of Arab Music in Cairo, during which he
maintained a journal recording his daily activities, interactions
with fellow delegates and dignitaries, and varied perambulations
throughout the city. This journal, and the detailed minutes he kept
for his chaired Commission on History and Manuscripts, were never
published. They reveal aspects and inner-workings of the Congress
that have hitherto remained unknown. The illustrations and photos
contained therein, as well as additional photos that were never
seen, provide visual documentation of the Congress's participants
and musical ensembles.
Henry George Farmer (1882-1965) was a pioneering musicologist who
specialized in Arab music. In 1932, he participated in the First
International Congress of Arab Music in Cairo, during which he
maintained a journal recording his daily activities, interactions
with fellow delegates and dignitaries, and varied perambulations
throughout the city. This journal, and the detailed minutes he kept
for his chaired Commission on History and Manuscripts, were never
published. They reveal aspects and inner-workings of the Congress
that have hitherto remained unknown. The illustrations and photos
contained therein, as well as additional photos that were never
seen, provide visual documentation of the Congress's participants
and musical ensembles.
