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Music of Algeria

Algerian music is virtually synonymous with Raï among foreigners; the musical genre has achieved great popularity in France, Spain and other parts of Europe. For several centuries, Algerian music was dominated by styles inherited from Al-Andalus, eventually forming a unique North African twist on these poetic forms. Algerian music came to include suites called nuubaat (singular nuuba). Later derivatives include rabaab and hawzii.

Important musicians[edit]

See: List of Algerian musicians

Arabic music

Berber music

Morgan, Andy. "Music Under Fire". 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 413–424. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books.  1-85828-636-0

ISBN

Morgan, Andy. "Bards of Immigritude". 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 425–427. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books.  1-85828-636-0

ISBN

La Chanson de l'exil ; les voix natales (1939–1969), Rachid Mokhtari, Alger, Casbah Éditions, 2001

Chants kabyles de la guerre d'indépendance, Mehenna Mahfoufi, Éditions Séguier, 2002.

Les grands maîtres algériens du cha’bi et du hawzi, diwan arabe-kabyle, textes transcrits, traduits et annotés sous la direction de Rachid Aous, Éditions El Ouns/Unesco, Paris, 1996.

Bezza Mazouzi La musique algérienne et la question raï, Richard-Masse, Paris, 1990.

Accessed November 25, 2010.

BBC Radio 3 Audio (90 minutes): Rai music in Oran and the Kasbah of Algiers.

Accessed November 25, 2010.

BBC Radio 3 Audio (90 minutes): Rachid Taha and the Kabilian mountains..

French National Library. Accessed November 25, 2010.

Audio clips - music of Algeria.

(in French) Musée d'ethnographie de Genève. Accessed November 25, 2010.

Audio clip: traditional Algerian music.