Maroc News Today March 28. The Arab world celebrates music

Arab Music Day, celebrated on March 28 each year, is an opportunity to shed light on music in the Arab world and to pay attention to it culturally, pedagogically and socially, and to reflect on its reality and the horizons of art. practice path.

The celebration of Arab Music Day was approved by the Council of the League of Arab States at its ministerial level during its ordinary session on March 6, 2019, in accordance with its decision published under No. 8372; This is the date that in 1932 saw the holding of the first Arab music conference, which was hosted by the Egyptian capital (Cairo).

The celebration of Arab Music Day takes place at the initiative of the Arab Society for Music, affiliated with the League of Arab States, with the aim of keeping alive the high quality of this music in the memory of the younger generations. Also, to date, the need to strengthen the legal arsenal in a way that protects the rights of musicians and authors, and provides a professional environment that allows the advancement of the musical work in general.

The Arab Music Day is also an opportunity to observe the reality and conditions of Arab music in its different tones and its prospects for development and progress, and to contemplate the musical movement in various Arab countries and its achievements, its results and its shortcomings.

The note of the Arab Music Society confirmed, in this regard, that the celebration of this day, with the appropriate activities, calls for the attention of the authorities concerned in the Arab countries, in particular the ministries of education, culture, information, tourism. , the protection of youth and other institutions of the public and private sectors, to encourage to establish various activities in the field of Arab music, and “in what is considered a stand that strengthens the identity of the Arab citizen and brings him closer to his music, and is proud of the culture to which he belongs and descends ”.

In this regard, the Moroccan researcher in the field of music, Abdel Aziz bin Abdel Jalil, member and vice-president of the Arab Society for Music, said that the celebration of the festival of Arab music is an opportunity to consolidate the awareness of the importance of the diverse and rich Moroccan musical heritage, which strikes in a distant historical depth, as well as a work opportunity. Disseminate constructive and thoughtful musical culture to motivate qualified academics and researchers, in particular at the level of university research, to studies that define the Moroccan musical heritage, both orally and in writing.

Bin Abdul Jalil added, in a press release, that the date of March 28 was set because it marks the opening date of the First Arab Music Conference, which was held in Cairo in 1932, and was followed by a group of the world’s greats. passionate about Arabic music and its rich and varied heritage, as well as the most eminent musicians. In the Arab world, he recalled that, throughout the days of the conference, discussions took place on the question of Arab music, and pause on its history, its theories, its terminology, its balance, its bases and its rhythms.

Ibn Abd al-Jalil mentioned that Morocco had a strong presence at the Cairo conference in 1932, through a musical group that included the elders of the Andalusian group of the time (Omar Al-Jaidi at the artistic head of the choir, Muhammad Al-Mutairi, Othman Al-Tazi, Muhammad Dadi, Abdel Salam Bin Youssef, Mohamed Doukkali known as “Habibi Amberco” and Muhammad Shweika).

The spokesperson said that the celebration of Arab Music Day in Morocco “is an opportunity to attract the attention of sectors concerned with musical culture, both public and private, to encourage the establishment of activities. in the fields of Moroccan music, so that the identity of the citizen is valued and brings him closer to his heritage with great pride. ”

Ben Abdeljalil indicated that the Moroccan program to celebrate the International Day of Arab Music with the 2021 design was developed by associations concerned with this field, in particular by organizing scientific seminars and organizing various musical shows.

He explained that within the framework, social media will benefit from the capabilities and platforms provided by social media to promote this day and organize its activities, and media to bring public attention to this day and its importance, and allocate radio and television. paragraphs, seminars, meetings and evenings that know and promote it, in addition to organizing special exhibitions on Arab music. Traditional and folkloric (machines, recordings, manuscripts, archives, leaflets, prints, posters, paintings, drawings and images …).

Among the activities to be organized in Morocco, a distance cultural seminar for the Association of Andalusian Baath Music in Fez, on March 30, on the evaluation of the experience of the Arab camp, organized by the association in cooperation with the Arab Society for Music during the month of March 2015 in parallel with the Fez Festival for Moroccan Andalusian Music. The participants in this camp, and broadcast the recording of the closing concert of the camp and the festival which was relaunched by the Choir of Young Arabs for Moroccan Andalusian Music.

For its part, the Medina Heritage Foundation (Fez) will organize, tomorrow Saturday, a scientific colloquium interspersed with musical performances, on the theme “The second conference of Arab music … Fez 1969”. The association “Rawafed Musical” of Tangier, in coordination with the Association Takht Al Turath in France, will organize, on March 28, a conference entitled “Resuscitating the Sand Oud in Morocco”, with the participation of many Moroccan and French teachers.

For its part, the Association of Andalusian Musicians of Morocco organizes several activities on this artistic occasion, including a workshop for teaching Andalusian music from Granada, under the direction of specialized teachers, with the participation of the sound group of the “House. de la Machine ”, A virtual visit of the“ Maison de l’Instrument ”museum in Casablanca, and a conference on the theme“ The role of associations in the indoctrination, definition and preservation of Andalusian music ”, and the provision of books in this area, leading to all this cultural and artistic activities with an Andalusian concert by the group “House of the Instrument”.

The Association for the Renaissance of Andalusian Music of Meknes participates in the commemoration activities of the Arab Music Day, in partnership with the Association of Grand Ismaili, by organizing a scientific colloquium on Sunday on the theme of “Music Renewal Arabic ”, and a concert by the Renaissance Andalusian Music Choir in Meknes.

The “Nagham” association will in turn participate in a group of songs performed by the Nagham polyphonic choir. While the Center for Musical Studies and Preservation of Musical Heritage Tataouan Asmir is organizing, on its official Facebook page, the day after tomorrow Sunday, a scientific conference entitled “Renewing the concepts of Andalusian music in the light of research and methods modern scientists ”.