Arab-Andalusian Corpus information
The Arab-Andalusian music is a musical tradition that can be traced back to the 9th century in Al-Andalus, to the muslims and christians living in Moorish Spain . Arab-Andalusian Music is the result of many influences, including Middle-East Arabic classical music, the Hispanic music traditions of the Iberian peninsula, and other classical traditions such as the Gregorian and Byzantine.
The Aarab-Andalusian Music research corpus mainly consists of audio recordings with their corresponding metadata, lyrics (or sanāʾiʿ) and music scores.
Corpus Statistics
The CompMusic Andalusian corpus contains 156 audio recordings (songs) with transcriptions of 11 mizans and 13 nawbas played by different orchestras. The following table shows the distribution of the Andalusian music recordings:
| Nawba/Mizān | Basit | Qāʾim wa Nisf | Btayhi | Darj | Quddām |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raml al-Māya | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| al-Isbahān | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| al-Māya | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Rasd al-Dayl | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| al-Istihlāl | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| al-Rasd | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Gharībat al-Husayn | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| al-Hijaz al-Kabir | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| al-Hijaz al-Msharqi | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Irāq al-Ajam | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| al-Uššāq | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
For more information refer to the following publication
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External services
All the data related to this corpus is openly availabe from this external services:
- Score: Musescore
- Audio: Internet Archive
- Metadata: Musicbrainz
API
Dunya offers an API that allows other applications access the collections and the derived data. For more information go to deveopers page.
Disclamer: There might be errors in the data since this is still work in progess, if you find any problem please contact us.
Contact us
You can learn more information about the CompMusic project and its researchers at our website, compmusic.upf.edu.
To contact a specific researcher, see their contact information.
For information about Dunya, contact Alastair Porter: alastair.porter@upf.edu.
For general information about the CompMusic project, contact mtg@upf.edu.