Amsterdam

Collection title

In Zyriab' s tracks

ID

EPT00265

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

08/12/2010

Production year

2010

Abstract

Abu-Al-Hassan Ali Ben Nafi, also known as Zyriab (789-857) was born in Mossol ,in Iraq and died in Cordoue . He studied and developped his talents as a singer and musician in Baghdad; After a short stay in Tunisia ,he settled in Courdoue in 822 in the court of Emir Abd al-Rahman II . He was one of the leading figures in the history of Arab Andalusian music in the ninth century. He introduced the lute (Arabic Lath) in Andalusia after he had added a fifth string to it. It is that lute which spread in the rest of Europe. The journalist Abdelkrim Sekkar lets us discover the Arabic music and its influences on Western music. This episode is about a visit in Amsterdam.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - 1st national channel

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Music and songs

Credits / Cast

• Sekkar Abdelkrim - Journalist

Period of events

• From 500 to 1000

Map locations

• Algeria - Centre - Algiers

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

29m57

Additional information