to these songs in particular. And what helps to preserve their Eastern color is the use of Arab instruments such as the oud and the buzuq, and of Arabic compositions in verse and zajal.
And while some of us were trying to discover the folklore foundation — the strains of “Layya,” “'Al-Yadi,” and “Abu al-Zuluf” — through the measured pieces that
rose from the magic box, others were asking him why copies of these records, whose production he had brought off so well, were not offered for sale in the music shops.
But Mr. Succar was busy answering some of those talking with him, and we heard him say: We must now apply Western harmony in all its forms to Arabic music, and time may be trusted to guide us to the
best way of raising this music to the world standing it deserves.
We took our leave of him with, in each of us, a hope tickling the breast, and a confidence that Arabic music has at last found in Tawfiq Succar and his colleagues those who will give it serious care and treat it with the treatment of the knowing expert.
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