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A wasla (
Arabic: وَصْلَة /
ALA-LC: waṣlah; plural وَصَلَات / waṣalāt) is a set of pieces in
Arabic music. It comprises eight or more movements such as
muwashshah,
taqsim,
layali,
mawwal,
qasida,
dawr,
sama'i,
bashraf,
dulab, and popular songs.
[1]
The term is also used to refer to a segment of
Sufi music.
[1]
References
- ^
a
b Danielson, The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthūm, Arabic song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century, 146.
Other sources
- Racy, Ali Jihad (1983). "The Waslah: a Compound Form Principle in Egyptian Music", Arab Studies Quarterly, v. 5, no. 4, pp. 396-403.
See also