Description
“The unknown Spanish Levant series” is based on the revitalization of the "Cancionero Villenennse" by the author and its interaction with multiple musical styles beyond the Iberian peninsula, encompassing nine albums recorded between 2021 and 2025 in Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, Spain, Uzbekistan and Egypt. This paper specifically explores the legacies of al-Andalus in the creation of “The Unknown Spanish Levant Series in Egypt” from two key perspectives: by fostering geographies of musical circulation between Egypt and Spain, both historically and in the present, and by reconsidering the concept of multimusicality. The concept of multimusicality, previously used by the composer of the series, examines musical practices that incorporate multiple idioms across geographic regions in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. The notion of multimusicality highlights how the compositional processes of this album, which utilizes various musical systems, challenge the dichotomy of self-orientalization and the experience of being orientalized, as well as issues of sonic al-Andalus, nostalgia, and the broader concept of "al-Andalus and beyond."
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