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MUSICAL POTPOURRI X, No. 1. Islamic Influences on Western Music

MUSICAL POTPOURRI X, No. 1. Islamic Influences on Western Music

MICHEL MOUSHABECK, local lecturer, publisher, and musician, will give a brief history of Arabic music from pre-Islamic times to the 20th century. He will descibe its influence on Western music, and the prominent place it occupies in world music today. The distinctive features of this music (e.g., the quarter-tone, modes) as they occur in vocal and instrumental forms will be explained and demonstrated with live and video performances.

The Hampshire Music Club is celebrating its tenth annual Musical Potpourri Series this year.

BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity
Series $50, Individual presentations $15.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM on Wed, 28 Sep 2022

Event Supported By

The Hampshire Music Club
4135755839
patp@crocker.com

Artist Group Info

Michel Moushabeck
BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity
130 Pine St.
Florence, Massachusetts 01062
thirdrow@laudable.productions