Algeria - Shaykh Al 'Alawi's Diwan recorded in Annaba - Cassette published in UK in the 1980s

Very beautiful Sama' (singing of  Sufi poetry) from Annaba in eastern Algeria.

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Scheich Ahmad al-Alawi (1869-1934)

On Sheikh al-Alawi (qas) see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_al-Alawi

and especially this site which contains a lot of material about the Sheikh:

http://al.alawi.1934.free.fr/

His Diwan exists in English and French translations, as also many of his other works. 

1er Festival Algérien de la Musique Andalouse 1967 - Vol. 3 - LP published in Algeria

Side A:

Mahieddine Bachtarzi & l'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire d'Alger:

Extraits d'une Nouba du mode Raml-Maya

Side B:

1. Hassan El Annabi & l'Orchestre d'Annaba:

Extraits d'une Nouba du mode Raml-Maya

2. L'Orchestre du Conservatoire du Caire:

Wesla (Suite) de Muwachahats

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On Mahieddine Bachtarzi see our earlier post:

http://oriental-traditional-music.blogspot.de/2012/05/2eme-festival-algerien-de-la-musique_22.html

On Hassan El Annabi see:

http://fr-fr.facebook.com/pages/Hassan-El-Annabi/505929962798247