Salman Shukur’s oud

…a relationship between player and instrument could last after the player himself passed on…

Ottoman oud histories

This beautiful postcard invites us to think afresh about the history of the oud. Two elegantly dressed women look out at us, holding their instruments and their plectra. Beside them is a boy in a top hat, who stands on a footstool to reach the right height. In the background and at the edge of…