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  1. Ceremonie Qawwali (2002)

    Subject
    Music; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 77 minutes), £13.99 (inclusive)

    The Sufis are a mystical sect of Islam and qawwali is the form of music they have developed in India and Pakistan, since the 13th century. The central focus of the music is the intensity of feeling in the...

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  2. Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1990 Video)

    Director
    Pervaiz Khan
    Producer
    Harminder Kalsi
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

    Discusses Qawwali, a devotional music which combines complex ragas with exultant spontaneity. Its repetitive poetical force has made it an essential part of Muslim worship at Sufi shrines throughout the...

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  3. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Last Prophet (2002)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 122 min), £17.99

    A portrait of Nusrat who produced a contemporary interpretation of the qawwali, the Moslem chanting song emanating from the belief of the Sufis. It comes from Pakistan and combines traditional Persian poetic...

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  4. Lessons from Gulam: Asian Music in Bradford (1986 Film, Video)

    Director
    John Baily
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Bradford has a community of 60,000 Muslim Asians. The film is a detailed study of musical culture and education within this community. Gulam Musa is the principal character and he is shown as a teachers and...

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