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Ninawa, a gate to the past (13 songs)
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kinds of mystery and uncertainty surround these pieces of supposedly ancient Music. I've been told that in the ancient village
of Ninawa, where a great deal of artifacts were found, the German expedition stumbled upon an irregular collection of manuscripts
that did not resemble text, but rather ancient Musical notes. They were written by a lonely Assyrian composer, who has lost
his love one. The manuscripts were transcribed into modern musical notation and instrumentation, then played by the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra. The original names of the pieces were not found; however, psychic connections to the ancient past
and rich imagination took care of the titles. Enjoy!
 ISHMAEL Spontameous Images of the Near East.
All the music on this disc was composed spontaneously on July 9, 1998. Ishmael, an
Assyrian American kanunist, and Vince Delgado, an American Middle Eastern percussionist, have between them a total of nearly
80 years experience playing traditional Middle Eastern music. This improvised performance in the Middle Eastern musical style
is the natural outgrowth of the collaboration of these two great artists. Sample Persepolis
Allen Mando
20 year talented singer old Assyrian decent. Grew up in the northside of Chicago and attended Main East HS.
Joe Daniels
Joe Daniels, an Assyrian from Soviet Georgia performing on the tar on an unspecified day, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell
in San Francisco, California.
Munir Bashir
Born in the Iraqi city of Mosul to an Assyrian father and Kurdish mother, Munir was only five when his father started teaching
him and older brother Jamil the basics of oud playing.
Polonaise
Polonaise (11 pages) Assyrian Festive Dance, from 'Jonah and the Whale' (reduced from 2 piano version, by PJC)
Patrick Cardy
The Masks of Astarte (1981), for piano solo, is a virtuoso showpiece for the instrument - the title refers to the multifaceted
character of the Assyrian goddess of love, fertility and war.
Melanie Monsur, Piano
This recording includes the Persian Waltz and Assyrian Women Mourners which were originally composed to accompany the Movements
and The Very Sweet Time which is a little known and rarely recorded original composition by G I Gurdjieff.
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