| LC control no. | sh2001003362 |
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| Topical heading | Taarab (Music) |
| See also | Popular music--Africa, Eastern |
| Found in | Work cat.: Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club. Music of Zanzibar, p1988: insert (taarab; vocal-instrumental popular music of the Swahili, generally Muslim peoples of the East African coast between Somalia and Mozambique) Garland encyc. of world music: p. 427 (taarab; lyric poetry sung in Swahili, most characteristically at weddings, by up to ten singers and instrumental ensembles including both Arabic and Western instruments; closely related to the Egyptian firqah orchestra of the 1930's and 1940's; strongly influenced by Indian film music and East African ngoma rhythms) New Grove: v. 18, p. 568 (taarab; urban vocal genre with instrumental acc. which may include ud, harmonium and drums) |
| Not found in | Web. 3 |
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