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pieces for two ouds

stavros - 10-28-2020 at 09:10 AM

Hello! Does anyone know any written (score) pieces for two ouds? Or recordings?

al-Halabi - 10-28-2020 at 02:58 PM

Marcel Khalife has published a number of pieces for two ouds in the collection of his compositions titled 'Oud.' He also composed a long piece in four movements, Jadal, for two ouds and percussion. He recorded his performance of it with Charbel Rouhana and published the full score in a separate book. Charbel Rouhana includes some oud duets in his oud method.

stavros - 10-31-2020 at 08:54 AM

Thanks a lot! I am aware of M. Khalife's "Jadal", but I can't locate the collection "Oud" you mentioned. If you have a link it would be very helpful!

al-Halabi - 10-31-2020 at 11:36 AM

"Oud" was published in Lebanon 1997. It's probably not easy to find a copy. Amazon lists the book as unavailable:

https://www.amazon.com/Oud-Marcel-Khalife/dp/B078X2KLLF#:~:text=The%...

You might try searching in case someone has a copy for sale. Good luck.

Jason - 10-31-2020 at 07:06 PM

There's a nice arrangement of Al Qantara by Simon Shaheen on page 38 here: http://www.hamdi-makhlouf.com/mcw/free-courses/oud/docs/programme-o...

stavros - 11-4-2020 at 01:51 AM

Thanks Jason, I happen to have the book myself, I will check it out.