Music of Yemen
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| Arab music | |
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| Algeria | Bahrain |
| Egypt | Iraq |
| Islamic | Jordan |
| Kuwait | Lebanon |
| Libya | Morocco |
| Oman | Palestine |
| Qatar | Saudi Arabia |
| Syria | Tunisia |
| UAE | Yemen |
| Andalusian classical music | |
Yemen is a country on the Arabian Peninsula, and its music is primarily known abroad for a series of pan-Arab popular stars and the Yemenite Jews who became musical stars in Israel during the 20th century. In the Arab world, Yemen has long been a cultural capital.
Yemen's national anthem is "United Republic" written by Abdallah "al-Fadhool" Abdulwahab Noman.
Folk music
Traditional Yemenite music is usually performed in the home, in a window-lined room at the top of the house called a mafraj during a khat chew, in which the performers intake a mild narcotic. This form of of performance uses sung poetry and is called homayni; it is a tradition that dates to the 14th century. Two of the most famous Yemenite musicians, Ahmed Fathey and Osama al Attar, are now resident in the United Arab Emirates. The urban homayni style known in the capital of Yemen, Sanaan singing, is the most well-known kind of homayni today [1] (http://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/yemen2.shtml).
There is a large Yemeni-Welsh community in Cardiff and other major Welsh cities. Yemeni folk music has thus become a major part of the Welsh music scene.
Yemeni musicians
- Muhammad Murshid Naji
- Ayoob Tarish Absi
- Abubakr Salim Balfaqih
- Ali al-Aanisi
- Ahmad as-Sunaydar
- Muhammad Hamood al-Harithi
- Ali as-Simah
- Faisal Alawi
- Ahmad Qasim
- Ahmed Fathi
References
- Badley, Bill. "Sounds of the Arabian Peninsula". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 351-354. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
- [2] (http://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/yemen2.shtml)