ma'luf

thumb | right '''''Ma'luf''' ( Ma'lūf'') is a genre of art music in the Andalusian classical music tradition of Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia. It is of Iberian origin and was introduced to the Maghreb by Andalusi refugees.

==References== Davis, Ruth F. (1996). "The Art/Popular Music Paradigm and the Tunisian Ma'lūf." Popular Music, v. 15, no. 3, Middle East Issue (October 1996), pp. 313-323. Davis, Ruth F. (1997). "Traditional Arab Music Ensembles in Tunis: Modernizing Al-Turath in the Shadow of Egypt." Asian Music, v. 28, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 1997), pp. 73-108. Davis, Ruth F. (1997). "Cultural Policy and the Tunisian Ma'lūf: Redefining a Tradition." Ethnomusicology, v. 41, no. 1 (Winter 1997), pp. 1-21. Davis, Ruth F. (2005). ''Ma'luf: Reflections on the Arab Andalusian Music of Tunisia''. . .