kept recorded copies of most of their production — now choice, tempting fare for the Arab radio stations and the commercial recording companies alike.

We come, then, to the firm verdict that the Rahbanis, by way of Fairuz, have beyond all doubt

worked a revolution in song — one that has not merely swept through the Lebanese popular color, but has reached out to every other Arab color, treating it with renewal and rebirth...

We hope, accordingly, that the Lebanese government's apprecia-

tion of their services will not stop at the limit of "decorations," and we draw the attention of those responsible to the need to profit from their production and to ease its diffusion over the Arab radio stations — as a service to them... and to Lebanon!