Let jasmine rain down : song and remembrance among Syrian Jews /
Kay Kaufman Shelemay.
- Chicago : University of Chicago press, 1998.
- xvi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
- Chicago studies in ethnomusicology. .
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.
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Jews -- Syria -- Music -- History and criticism. Jews -- Syria -- Social life and customs. Sephardim -- United States -- Music -- History and criticism. Sephardim -- United States -- Social life and customs.