…’an exotic caged bird’…
Tag: London
She played them a tune on her oud…
…that would make solid rocks dance.
Nur al-Din and the green satin bag
What lies within…?
Oudmigrations launch concert
Memories of a celebration…
Damascus to London c.1880
By Rachel Beckles Willson Some time between 1878 – when it was made – and 1894, when it was presented as a gift to the Prince of Wales in London, an oud travelled to London. It is the first one we know that has a label inside revealing the maker, the place of the workshop,…
Oudmigrations launch concert
13 April 2016, 19.00.
22 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NR
Cairo to London, 1867
By Rachel Beckles Willson England’s first oud arrived in 1867 thanks to some obscure international diplomacy involving Ismail Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt. The French state mounted its second Exposition Universelle in Paris that year, and it involved not only massive displays of French industry, but also exhibits from other nations. Many of these presented…
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As long as there have been ouds, there have been stories about them.
