Abstract is: North Africa has contributed considerably to popular music, especially Egyptian classical music alongside el Gil, Algerian raï and Chaabi (internationally-known tubes such as "Ya Rayah"-Dahman El Harrachi or Aicha-Cheb Khaled). The broad region is sometimes called Maghreb (excluding Egypt), and the term Maghrebian music is in use. For a variety of reasons Libya does not have as extensive nor popular a tradition as its neighbours. Folk music abounds, however, despite frequent condemnation and suppression from governments, existing in multiple forms across the region—the Berbers, Sephardic Jews, Tuaregs, Copts and Nubians, for example, retain musical traditions with their ancient roots. Andalusian music is especially influential, and is played in widely varying forms across the region. This music was imported from Andalusia in the 15th century, after Spain expelled the Moors from that province. The Spanish conquest of the historically Muslim Iberian Peninsula had been going on for some time, and resulted in the emigration of many Iberian Muslims, who were themselves descended from people from across the Mediterranean, into North Africa. These people brought with them a vibrant tradition that had arisen as a fusion of various kinds of Muslim music from Baghdad, Istanbul, Egypt and elsewhere. The best-known derivatives of this style are al-âla in Morocco, Nuubaat and other related styles in Algeria and Ma'luf in Tunisia.
music genre | Q188451 |
music by country or region | Q75054287 |
music of Africa | Q369820 |
P9185 | AllMusic genre/style ID | ma0000002756 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/0119j9dc |
P10151 | iTunes genre ID | 1285 |
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P9173 | Rate Your Music genre ID | north-african-music |
P910 | topic's main category | Category:Music of North Africa | Q8682136 |
Q623904 | Andalusi classical music |
Q624044 | Arabic music |
Q3328601 | Berber music |
Q2090950 | Byzantine music |
Q2854974 | Coptic music |
Q2000173 | Gnawa music |
Q116973456 | Maghreb music |
Q98528231 | Moorish music |
Q2961759 | Moroccan chaabi |
Q22949256 | aita |
Q2961763 | chaabi |
Q3305039 | malhun |
Q3328583 | music of Algeria |
Q18129813 | music of Egypt |
Q6942151 | music of Libya |
Q108250543 | music of Mediterranea |
Q2346484 | music of Morocco |
Q936552 | music of Tunisia |
Q11627064 | music of Western Sahara |
Q1503406 | music of the Middle East |
Q16323732 | shaabi |
Q8682136 | Category:Music of North Africa | category's main topic | P301 |
Q369820 | music of Africa | has part(s) | P527 |
Arabic (ar / Q13955) | موسيقى شمال إفريقيا | wikipedia |
Music of North Africa | wikipedia | |
北アフリカの音楽 | wikipedia |
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