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Students of the Salonica Quaker Girl's School - Dance of Jerissos (Ierissos)
Saban Akdao, cümbüs - Çiftetelli (gazel)
Hasan Sayin, singer; Reza Argin, zurna; Jumma Ali, dhavul - Untitled
Vakkas Kaplan, zurna; Feizi Kaplan, dhavul - Mahlo: Song of the Highway Men
Hüseyin Eroglu, vocals, cura saz - Karacaoglan
Raif Karsligil, unaccompanied vocals - Karayilan (Black Snake)
Imam and congregation of the mosque at Kilis - Mevludin Nebevi (the prophet's birth)
Performer unknown - Folksong from Outebeh, vocals and rababa (one stringed fiddle)
Performer unknown - Bedouin Melody, Shebbabeh (flute) and darabuka (drum)
Performer unknown - Bedouin dance from Katana
Dervish worshippers in the house of Sheikh Saud Mawlawi - Maqam rasd (In praise of the prophet)
Performer unknown - Sabah, played on the Ney (flute)
Nour Hanbali, qanun; Antone Noweh, oud; Doureid Laham, darabuka - Suite in maqam rasd featuring Bashraf Sama'i Taatyus and Andalusi Muwashshah
Performer unknown - Taqsim (improvisation) on violin
Hazim, rebab (bowed spike fiddle) - Ballad of the Shahlaan Family
Unidentified coffee grinders (two different grinders, switching hands halfway through) - Bedouin coffee grinding beats
Suleiman and friends, accompanied by rebab - Hijeni (a love song often sung while riding away on a horse)
Al-Haj Hashim Mohammad, santoor (hammered dulcimer); Shu'aib Ibrahim, joza (Iranian rebab); Abdul-Karim Al Azawi, dumbuk - Sharqi Dokah (love song)
Shu'aib Ibrahim, joza - Taqsim in maqam ajam
Al-haj Hashim Mohammad Al-rejab, santoor; Shu'aib Ibrahim, joza; Abdul-Karim Al-Azawi, dumbuk - Maqam hadidi
Khalil Akrawi, vocals, spoons - Kasam-e-Meru (excerpt from a 25-minute piece)
Ostad Zareen Panje Bel - Tar solo in humayun dastgah
Gulfa-e-Ghani and Zareef, zarb - Train rhythm imitation
Ostad Abol-Hassan Saba - Setar improvisation in mahour dastgah
Sher Khoda, zarb - Shahnama
Darioosh Sefvat - Santoor solo in isfahan dastgah
Hamedanian, zarb - Baba Karam
Shapoore Delshadi, tar - Tar solo in isfahan dastgah
Eskandare Ebrahimi and Orchestra - Humayun
Eskandare Ebrahimi - Setar improvisation in mahour dastgah
Muhammad Hussein, zurna (horn); Dost Muhammad, dhol (kettle drum) - Atan (dance song)
Dost Muhammad, dhol - Battle rhythm
Abdul Kader, solo voice - Love song from Herat
Performer unknown - Nose flute improvisation
Performers unknown, harmonium, tabla - Sikh song on Hindu/Moslem unity
Saroj Narang - Simla folk song
Jyotish CH. Choudhury, sitar - Raga zila
Kalipada Das, flute; unknown, anandalahari (friction drum) - Methosur (rural folk song)
Unknown performers, clarinet and drum - Improvisation on film tune
Bhona, sitar; Mangal Mukerjee, ghara (claypot drum) - Raga kafi
Jai Chand Bhagat and Babu, vocals, cymbals, ektara - Bhajan (devotional song)
Jai Chand Bhagat and Babu - Bhajan (devotional song)
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