Taqsim: Instrumental Improvisation in Near Eastern Traditions תקסים: אילתור כלי במסורות המזרח התיכון

Taqsim in Maqam Hijaz Oud: Simon Shaheen This recording (published in 1980) presents traditional instrumental solo improvisations performed by Arab and Jewish musicians in Israel. All but one of the taqasim (pl. form of taqsim, the genre of Middle Eastern instrumental improvisation) are in mainstream urban style, a panMiddle Eastern style that owes its existence largely to Egyptian musical trends and the Arabic mass media. The cassette is accompanied by a booklet with program notes in Hebrew, Arabic, an