Auction 4
Lot 124:
Book by the Algerian-Jewish musician and composer Edmond Nathan Yafil. Judeo-Arabic. Born in Algiers in 1874, Yafil began, as all the musicians of his time, by attending the Moorish cafés of the old Casbah Algiers places where perpetuated the tradition of Çan’a music, also referred to as Andalusian classical music. He collaborated with Jules Rouanet on the cataloging of Çan’a music and in theater with Mahieddine Bachtarzi and Ali Sellali. He is buried at the St. Eugene Cemetery. Generally ok condition.
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