Bukhara: Musical Crossroads of Asia

Various Artists SFW40050

In 1990, Theodore Levin and Otanazar Matykubov recorded the musical life of the ancient Central Asian trade center Bukhara. Their goal was to take an audio snapshot of a city that has for centuries created an amalgam of multiple musical cultures. Classical music of Persian Tajiks and Uzbeks mixes with Jewish and Islamic religious music, all of it overlaid with 70 years of Soviet cultural policy. (During and Levin 2002.)

LYRICS
Lyric transcriptions available here
Country(s) USSR (former); Uzbekistan
Culture Group(s) Bukharan; Bukharan Jewish; Bukharan Muslim
Keyword(s) Jewish; Religious; Spoken word; World music
Instrument(s) Dâira; Daire (Drum); Qairaq; Rabāb; Tanbūr; Vocals
Language(s) Arabic; Aramaic; Hebrew (traditional); Tajiki; Uzbek

Year of Recording 1991
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced in collaboration with USSR Ministry of Culture ; Compiled by Ted Levin ; Compiled by Otanazar Matykubov ; Notes Edited by Ted Levin ; Notes Edited by Otanazar Matykubov ; Liner Notes by Ted Levin ; Liner Notes by Otanazar Matykubov ; Recorded by Ted Levin ; Recorded by Otanazar Matykubov ; Produced by Theodore Craig Levin ; Recorded by Theodore Craig Levin ; Cover photo by Ted Levin ; Cover photo by Daphne Shuttleworth

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101	Shod-i Uforash and Ufor-i Tezash: Dilbaram Shumo	Tofakhon with Ensemble Nozanin	1:56
102	Mavrigi	Mahdi Ibodov	5:14
103	Songs from the Sozanda Repertory	Tofakhon with Ensemble Nozanin	13:32
104	Murghak	Mahdi Ibodov with Tofakhon and Ensemble Nozanin	2:56
105	Mogulcha-i Dugah	Ochil Ibragimov and Suleiman Takhalov	5:21
106	Ushshaq-i Kalon	Izro Malakhov with Mahmudjan Tojiboev, Kuva, Zakir Bobotonov, and Urgench	10:27
107	Azan	Saifullajan Musaev	1:54
108	Na't	Dervish Orif Bobo Hamro Ogli	3:20
109	Yah Ribbon Olam	Rakhamim Yakutelov	1:32
110	Reading from the Torah	Yakub Meer Ochildiev	2:53
111	Shalom Aleichem and Kiddush	Ochil Ibragimov	3:02
112	Qalandar	Muhammed Aminjon Nasriddinov	4:06
113	Excerpt from the Zohar	Isaac Kataev	2:38

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