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• Whole cycle : mezzo soprano, a cappella (8:22)
• Song no. 1 : Piece of earth = al-Ḍayʻah = Aḥuzah / Fu'ad Rifḳa. Oud solo (1:01) ; Mezzo-soprano, oud, vihuel (3:06) ; Mezzo-soprano, flute, guitar (2:41) ; Soprano, flute, piano (2:41) ; Mezzo-soprano, Renaissance recorders, harpsichord (2:34) ; Soprano, flute, harpsichord (3:06) ; Piano, 4 hands (3:18)
• Song no. 2 : Eyelids = al-Rumūsh = ʻAfʻapayim / Shawḳi Abi-Shaḳra. Oud solo (1:18) ; Soprano, oriental violin, oud (1:30) ; Mezzo-soprano, oud, vihuel (1:26) ; Mezzo-soprano, flute, piano (1:21)
• Song no. 3 : The coffin with its lid removed = al-Naʻsh dhū al-ghiṭāʼ al-baʻīd = Aron ha-metim she-mikhśehu raḥoḳ / Muhammad Al-Maghut. Oud solo (1:37) ; Mezzo-soprano, oud, vihuel (2:25) ; Mezzo-soprano, flute, cello (2:31) ; Mezzo-soprano, guitar (2:35) ; Flute, bass flute, piano (1:55) ; Flute, piano (1:44)
• Song no. 4 : Girl-butterly-girl = Fatāh farāshah fatāh = Naʻarah parpar naʻarah / Unsi Al-Hajj. Mezzo-soprano, a cappella (3:24) ; Baritone, a cappella (5:27) ; Chorus (2:43) ; Soprano, a cappella (2:08).

Author/Creator:

Fleischer, Tsippi , composer

Contributors:

Rifqah, Fuʼād , author

Abū Shaqrā, Shawqī, 1935- , author

Māghūṭ, Muḥammad , author

Ḥājj, Unsī , author

Languages:

Arabic
Hebrew
French
English
Spanish

Language Notes:

Sung in Arabic (1st work), and variously in English, French, Hebrew, and Spanish (remainder).

Main Work:

Girl butterfly girl: a world journey [by Fleischer, T.]

Included Works:

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] (arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] (Selections) (arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Ḍayʻah (arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Ḍayʻah (Hebrew; arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Ḍayʻah (French; arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Rumūsh (arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Rumūsh (English; arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Naʻsh dhū al-ghiṭāʼ al-baʻīd (arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Naʻsh dhū al-ghiṭāʼ al-baʻīd (Spanish; arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Fatāh farāshah fatāh (arranged)

Naʻarah parpar naʻarah [by Fleischer, T.] > Fatāh farāshah fatāh (Hebrew; arranged)

Subjects:

Song cycles

Songs, Unaccompanied

Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble

Songs — Instrumental settings

Oud music

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Rifqah, Fuʼād — Musical settings

Abū Shaqrā, Shawqī, 1935- — Musical settings

Māghūṭ, Muḥammad — Musical settings

Ḥājj, Unsī — Musical settings

Abū Shaqrā, Shawqī, 1935-

Māghūṭ, Muḥammad

Ḥājj, Unsī

Songs

Genres:

Songs

Art music

Instrumental settings

Musical settings

Performers:

Variously: Esti Keinan Ofri, Isabelle Ganz, Sybil Michelow, Gila Abrahamson, Patricia Adkins-Chiti, Luz Bermejo-Doron, mezzo-soprano ; Amalia Ishak, Juliana Mahood, Marina Levitt, Robin Weisel-Capsouto, soprano ; David Sebba, baritone ; Ichud Kibbutz Choir ; Avner Itai, conductor ; Nassim Daqwar, oud, oriental violin ; George Mgrdician, Taysir Elias, oud ; Martha McGaughey, vihuel ; Jennifer Stinton, Rami Tal, Liselyn Adams, Franz Albanese, flute ; Deborah Kruzansky, flute, bass flute ; RIchard Hand, Gonzalo Salozar, guitar ; Sara Yanovsky-Tal, Miriam Boskovitch, Hemda Raz, Maria Zagame, piano ; Naomi Rogel, Renaissance recorder ; Marisa Meckier, Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord ; Leonardo Massa, cello.

Production Credits:

Music by Tsippi Fleischer; texts from poems by Fu'ad Rifḳa, Shawḳi Abi-Shaḳra, Muhammad Al-Maghut, and Unsi Al-Hajj.

Performance Medium:

Singer

General Notes:

Song cycle; originally for soprano with flute and piano or with nay or violin and oud; performed here in its entirety a cappella (track 1) and in excerpts with various accompaniments and languages (remainder).
Title and statement of responsibility also printed in Hebrew on container.
Recorded 1982 February-2001 July 1 in, variously, Jerusalem; New York, New York; London, England; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Tel Aviv, Israel; Rome, Italy; and Mexico City, Mexico.
Tracks 10 and 22 previously released in 1986 on Hataklit DD 35362.
Program notes in English and Hebrew with texts in Hebrew, Arabic, English, transliterated Hebrew, and transliterated Arabic laid in container.
Donated by Tsippi Fleischer.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (1:00:00) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 150,028

OCLC Numbers:

869476936