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Title
Arabic wax cylinder collection
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1900]
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection
Cylinder Audio Archive
Rights Information
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Description
Also available online via the Internet.
Cyl. 1: Turkey, first edition -- Cyl. 2: You are unique in looks ; You captured my heart -- Cyl. 3: [Title unknown] -- Cyl. 4: Nahavend -- Cyl. 5: [Title unknown] -- Cyl. 6: My poetry and verses ; I am happy that you came -- Cyl. 7: illegible ; Abdu -- Cyl. 8: You make me miss you ; Pledge of Brotherhood -- Cyl. 9: In your hands is the prince of branches, No. 1 -- Cyl. 10: In your hands is the prince of branches, No. 2 -- Cyl. 11: illegible -- Cyl. 12: Turkey, last edition ; I am in love with you -- Cyl. 13: I and your father -- Cyl. 14: The first prince of branches ; How are you -- Cyl. 15: Pledge of brotherhood, we remember, No. 1 -- Cyl. 16: You captured my heart ; Your tears of hope -- Cyl. 17: My precious mirror/woman -- Cyl. 18: Layhuni (and home recording) -- Cyl. 19: We lived and we saw the years -- Cyl. 20: My daughter Sabyya departed -- Cyl. 21: We lived and saw the years, No. 2 ; Not without you
Performers not announced.
21 commercial brown wax cylinder recordings, made in the Middle East, possibly around 1900. Recordings are solo and groups of male vocalists accompanied by stringed instruments.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Purchased from Ray Phillips, 2002.
Bought by Ray Phillips in Damascus, Syria, 2001.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Arabic wax cylinder collection, PA Mss 42, Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Type
sound
Format
Electronic resource
Extent
21 cylinders (ca. 2 min.) : [120 rpm?] ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Identifier
(OCoLC)74494997
PA Mss 42
Language
Arabic
Subject
Songs, Arabic
Music--Arab countries
Sound recordings
Place
Arab countries

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