tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post3875499343598512948..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Babylonian music ensemble may be forced to foldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-21425943224653972262012-02-26T17:57:54.702+00:002012-02-26T17:57:54.702+00:00An occasion for us to get some education in Sephar...An occasion for us to get some education in Sephardic religious music. This wikipedia entry also says maqam means "literally a place".<br /><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_MaqamSylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-4370347102466934492012-02-26T15:01:49.871+00:002012-02-26T15:01:49.871+00:00"place" in Arabic is "makan" A..."place" in Arabic is "makan" AND "maqam". "Maqam" can also mean "status" or "standing"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-17044323813951072152012-02-26T14:43:13.328+00:002012-02-26T14:43:13.328+00:00"The Mizrahi Orchestra, usually referred to a..."The Mizrahi Orchestra, usually referred to as the Maqam Orchestra (Maqam meaning "place" in Arabic)"<br /><br /><br />"Place" in Arabic is "Makan", not "maqam".<br /><br />The MAQAM is a musical mode associated with Oriental and Andalusian music that contains those "quarter-notes" which Askenazi singers find either impossible or at best very difficult to sing.Sylvianoreply@blogger.com