Musiques classiques & populaires d'Afghanistan

 

MUSIQUES CLASSIQUES & POPULAIRES D'AFGHANISTAN

anthologie de la musique des peuples

CLASSICAL & FOLK MUSICS  OF AFGHANISTAN

 anthology of the peoples' music

AMP, 1981, AMP 2901 

 This excellent album is the work of Bernard Dupaigne who worked for the Musée de l'Homme, Paris. The principal instruments played in Afghanistan are displayed here : tanbur, rebab, ghijak, harmonium, delroba etc... During four successive trips Dupaigne visited different parts of the country but all located in Northern Afghanistan : Sar-i Pul, Mazar-i Sharif, Andkhôy, Herat, Tashqurgan, Aqcha, Saltuk. The ethnic groups are Tajik, Uzbek, Aymaq, Hazara and of course Pashtoon. The recordings were made before the Soviet invasion between 1971 and 1973.
The music here is mostly of the folk kind the classical aspect is in fact in some lyrics as it is explained in the sleeve notes in French and English.

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