• Arabic And Druse Music – Ud Music
    • 1. Ud Music
    • 2. Welcome Song
    • 3. Love Song
    • 4. Song of Eulogy
    • 5. Songs of Praise and Joy
    • 6. Song of Eulogy
    • 7. Arab Wedding Music
    • 8. Bedouin Song
    • 9. Song of Grief
    • 10. Folk Song
    • 11. Song of Longing
    • 12. Druse Double Reed and Voices
    • 13. Druse Wedding Song
    • 14. Druse Festival

    Recorded in Israel in 1956.

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