Musicologist Henry George Farmer (1882-1965) participated in the First International Congress of Arab Music in Cairo in 1932. His journal and minutes, which are presented in this book, reveal aspects and inner-workings ofthe congress that have hitherto remained unknown.
Henry George Farmer (1882-1965) was a pioneering musicologist who specialized in Arab music. In 1932, he participated in the First International Congress of Arab Music in Cairo, during which he maintained a journal recording his daily activities, interactions with fellow delegat…
Musicologist Henry George Farmer (1882-1965) participated in the First International Congress of Arab Music in Cairo in 1932. His journal and minutes, which are presented in this book, reveal aspects and inner-workings of the congress that have hitherto remained unknown.
Musicologist Henry George Farmer (1882-1965) participated in the First International Congress of Arab Music in Cairo in 1932. His journal and minutes, which are presented in this book, reveal aspects and inner-workings of the congress that have hitherto remained unknown.
The First International Congress of Arab Music 1932 took place in Cairo from 14 March through 3 April, under the patronage of King Fuʾād I, the Egyptian Ministry of Education, and the Royal Institute of Oriental Music (al-Maʿhad al-Malikī lil-Mūsīqā al-Sharqiyya, later the Royal…
