KENDRICK, Ian.

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The Music of Oman. First edition, first printing, presentation copy with label on front pastedown: "Presented by Command and Staff College Sultan's Armed Forces Sultanate of Oman 2010". This attractive survey covers traditional music, military and mounted bands, royal bands for music and folklore, the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra, musical ambassadors, recorded music, and heraldry. Copies are decidedly uncommon with only four traced institutionally.The chapter on traditional music contains an illustrated description of the regions and their musical characteristics, including Musandam, Batinah, Muscat, Jebel Akhdar, Dhahira, Dakhliya, Sharkhiah, Wusta, and Dhofar.This book, along with the author's other work, the Bands of Oman were inspired, read, and approved by Sultan Qaboos bin Said, whom Kendrick credits for bringing about a renaissance in Omani culture. "In 1970 the musical cultural life of Oman was very simple and very traditional. It had changed little for several centuries and the main features were the singing of traditional songs, frequently with dancing, to mark social events such as eids, marriages and harvests. Sultan Said bin Tamour did not want Omani music to change as a result of foreign influence and made it illegal to listen to or import music, including from neighbouring Arab countries. When Sultan Qaboos assumed power and started organising the transformation of Oman, the cultural heritage and its future new development was not forgotten. In the first five

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