TY - BOOK AU - Shelemay, Kay kaufman TI - Let jasmine rain down : : song and remembrance among Syrian Jews SN - 0226752127 U1 - 782.4216262405691 PY - 1998/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago press KW - Jews -- Syria -- Music -- History and criticism. KW - Jews -- Syria -- Social life and customs. KW - Sephardim -- United States -- Music -- History and criticism. KW - Sephardim -- United States -- Social life and customs. KW - Ethnomusicology. N1 - Jasmine: Poem on Sandpaper -- Prelude: Sur Yah El -- 1. Song and Remembrance -- Prelude: Attah El Kabbir -- 2. Music and Migration in a Transnational Community -- Prelude: Ani Ashir Lakh -- 3. A Judeo-Arab Musical Tradition -- Prelude: Ramah Evarai -- 4. Lived Musical Genres -- Prelude: Yehidah Hitna'ari -- 5. Individual Creativity, Collective Memory -- Prelude: Melekh Rahaman -- 6. Conclusion: A Community in Song -- Embroidered Rag: Poem on Umm Kulthum ER -