Recordings:

The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun (self produced, 2008)

 Salaam Shalom, Side by Side, recorded with Raffi (2002)

 Improvisations to Dr. Mohamed Elmasry’s readings of Sufi poetry from his book Divine Love (Kitchener: Pandora Press, 2005)

 Au Sable with Ahmad Hassan, for Dance Makers of Toronto (1996)

 Improvisations for a Royal Ontario Museum Video Word Power in Islamic Art (1992)

 Film music for Deadly Current, a documentary film by Simcha Jacobovici about the Palestinian Intifada (1991)

 Two videos of music and dance, featuring Dahlia Obadia, for the Audio and Visual Collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization (1988)

 Film music for A Tale of Two Mosques, a documentary film on the first mosques in Canada (1984)

 R. Murray Schafer. RA Selections. From The Litany of Ra. A recreation of an Ancient Egyptian Mystery Ritual. CMC 1283. 1983 Centrediscs.

Compositions

 Composed and two chants: “O RA of the Caverns” and “Processional Music for The King,” for R. Murray Scahfer’s The Litany of Ra. A recreation of an Ancient Egyptian Mystery Ritual. (1983)

 A Tribute to Muhammad Ali Street Composers (2006)

 Muwashshah Qaamat Tuzallilunii min ash-Shamsii

Publications

Music Performance Practice in the Early Abbasid Era. 750 - 932 A.D. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1989; rpt. with an updated bibliography byThe Institute of Mediaeval Music, 2004. People can order it by emailing mediaeval1@rogers.com, or by FAX 1-613-225-9487, or by writing to The Institute of Mediaeval Music, 1270 Lampman Cr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2C 1P8.

Arabic Music: A Practical Handbook. (approx. 110 pages). Submitted to the World Music Press for consideration.

Rhythmic Theories and Practices in Arabic Writings to 339 AH/ 950 CE. Annotated Translations and Commentaries. Ottawa: The Institute of Mediaeval Music, 2009. People can order it by emailing mediaeval1@rogers.com, or by FAX 1-613-225-9487, or by writing to The Institute of Mediaeval Music, 1270 Lampman Cr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2C 1P8.

A Musicological and Socio-Cultural Dictionary of Kitab al-Aghani (The Book of Songs) (In preparation).

Articles

“Abbasid Music; ‘Alluyah. Encyclopaedia of Islam Vol. 6. Third edition.

“String Making in Fourteenth-Century Isfahan as Described in the Persian Kanz al-Tuhaf.” (In preparation, to be submitted to the Journal of Asian Music).

“Irtijal in Medieval Arabic Music: Improvisational Concept or Instrumental Accompaniment.” (In preparation, to be submitted to the Bulletin of the Middle East Studies Association of North America).

“Al-Farabi's Medieval Polychord: A Re-Exposition of an Ancient Greek Musical Technology.” (In preparation, to be submitted to the Journal of the American Musicological Society).

“Baghdadi Rhythmic Theories and Practices in Twelfth-Century Andalusia.” In Music and Medieval Manuscripts. Paleography and Performance. Essays dedicated to Andrew Hughes. Ed. John Haines and Randall Rosenfeld. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004, pp. 151-181.

“Islam's Glittering Treasures: Music.” The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2001.

”Theories of Rhythm and Meter in the Medieval Middle East.” Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 6. The Middle East. 2002 edition, pp. 387-393.

“Classification of Music Instruments in the Medieval Middle East.” Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 6. The Middle East. 2002 edition, pp. 395-399.

“Lifestory: Performers from Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs) of al-Isbahani (d. 967).” Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 6. The Middle East. 2002 edition, pp. 351-356.

“Middle Eastern Music.” Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 3. The United States and Canada. 2001 edition, pp. 1218-1221.

“Farabi, v. Music. Encyclopaedia Iranica.

“Nature of Discourse on Music Composition in the Kitab al-Aghani  of Al-Isbahani (d. 967).” In the Journal of the Centro per le Iniziative Musicali in Sicilia,  forthcoming in English and French.

“Theories and Practices of Rhythms in the Medieval Middle East.” In Proceedings of the Third International Musicological Meeting. Delphi, Greece, forthcoming.

“Kitab al-Aghani li-Abi al-Faraj al-Isbahani: Fawa'iduhu al-Musiqiyya wa al-Ijtima’iyya wa al-Thaqafiyya wa al-Iqtisadiyya.” In Majallat al-Bahth al-Musiqi, Majalla  Muhakkama  Ni>f Sanawiyya, al-Majma’ al-‘Arabi lil-Musiqa`, Jami’at al-Duwal al-‘Arabiyya . 1:1(2001), 81-92.

“Kitab al-Aghani li-Abi al-Faraj al-Isbahani: Mashru’ Fahrasatihi”  In Majallat al-Bahth al-Musiqi, Majalla  Muhakkama  Nisf Sanawiyya, al-Majma’ al-‘Arabi lil-Musiqa, Jami’at al-Duwal al-‘Arabiyya . 1:1(2001), 92-104.

Articles (cont.)

“Editing and Translating Medieval Arabic Writings on Music.” In Music Discourse from Classical to Early Modern Times: Editing and Translating Texts. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference on Editorial Problems. University of Toronto, 19-20 October, 1990. Ed. Maria Rika Maniates. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997, pp. 45-70.

“The Legacy of Medieval Middle Eastern Music.” Al-Mizan, 1:2(1991), 26-27.

“Paradigms in al-Farabi's Musical Writings.” In Paradigms in Medieval Thought: Applications in Medieval Disciplines. A Symposium. Ed. Nancy van Deusen and Alvin E. Ford. Mediaeval Studies Volume 3. Lewinston, N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1990, pp. 81-92.

“Ethnomusicology in the Canadian University.” In Ethnomusicology in Canada. Can Mus Documents, 5. Proceedings of the First Conference on Ethnomusicology in Canada. University of Toronto, 13-15 May, 1988.  Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1990, pp. 351-356, 360-361.

“The Differing World of the Music Historian and the Music Illuminator in Medieval Islamic Manuscripts.” Imago Musicae,  6 (1989), 7-22.

“Teaching our Middle Eastern Musical Heritage.” In An Introduction to Multicultural Music Education: Global Perspectives in Music. Eds. William M. Anderson and Patricia K. Shehan. Reston, Virginia: Music Educators National Conference, 1989, pp. 178-208< 2nd. ed. 1996, pp. 240-261, 274-277.

“Oral Transmission in Arabic Music, Past and Present.” Oral Tradition, 4:1-2(1989), 254-265.

“The Status and Role of the Secular Musician in Kita\b al-Agha\ni.” Asian Music, 17:1(1985), 69-82.

“Musical Humour in the Kita\b al-Aghani  (Book of Songs).” In Logos Islamikos. Studia Islamica in Honorem Georgii Michaelis Wickens. Ed. Roger M. Savory and Dionisius Agius. Papers in Mediaeval Studies 6. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1984, pp. 35-50.

“Al-Farabi's Theory of the Iqa’: An Empirically Derived Model for Rhythmic Analysis.” Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology, 1:9(1983-84), 1-32. (An Italian translation appeared in Culture musicali, quaderni di etnomusicologia, 5:9(1986), 71-101. An Arabic translation is being prepared by the author for publication in the Journal of the Institute of Arab Manuscripts, Kuwait. A Turkish translation is being prepared by Dr. Ilhami Gocen for publication in Musiki ve Nota).

“Al-Farabi(Music),” “Iqa’,” “Maqam,” “Music, Islamic Attitudes toward,” “Music, Islamic Influence on non-Western,” “Music, Islamic Influence on Western,” “Music, Middle Eastern,” “Musical Instruments, Middle Eastern.” Dictionary of the Middle Ages. 1982 edition.

“Bridging One Millenium: Melodic Movement in al-Farabi and Kolinski.” In Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Music: Essays Presented to Dr. M. Kolinski. Ed. Robert Falck and Timothy Rice. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982, pp. 117-133.

“The Survival of Some Aspects of Performance Practice of Medieval Arabic Music.” Ethnomusicology, 25:1(1981), 73-86.

“Arabic Music,” “Arabic Sacred Music,” “Egyptian Music,” “Lebanese Music,” “Syrian Music.” Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. 1981 edition.

Book Reviews

Mu’aradat al-‘Arud ,  by ‘Abd al-Hamid Hamam. The World of Music,. 35:2(1995), 106-108.

Music Arabe. Le Congre`s du Caire de 1932. Ed. Sheherazade Qassim Hassan and Philippe Vigreux. The World of Music, 35:3(1993), 107-111.

La Musique traditionnelle de l'Azerbayjan et la science des muqams, by Jean During. Ethnomusicology, 34:3(1990), 462-468.

“Near and Middle East,” by Bruno Nettl. In The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, 1986 edition. Asian Music, 19:2(1988), 169-175, 20:1(1988-1989), ii.

The World of Islam, Images and Echoes: A Critical Guide to Films and Recordings, ed. Ellen-Fairbanks Bodman and Lorraine Sakata. Ethnomusicology, 31:1(1987), 131-133.

Music in the Mind. The Concepts of Music and Musicians in Afghanistan, by Lorraine Sakata. Yearbook for Traditional Music, 17(1985), 206-209.

Record Reviews

Egypte. Les Musiciens du Nil/vol. I. Produced by Radio France. Notes in French by Alain Weber and Pierre Sallee. English translation. One 12” 33 1:3 rpm disc. 1976, reedited in 1981, 1982 and 1983. Musiques traditionnelles vivantes. V. Musiques populaires. OCORA 558-514 HM 52 (Distribution harmonia mundi, France); AND Egypte. Les Musiciens du Nil/vol. II. Produced by Radio France. Notes in French by Alain Weber. English translation by Patricia Matore;-Wright. One 12” 33 1:3 rpm disc. 1977, reedited 1979, 1981 and 1983. Musiques traditionnelles vivantes. V. Musiques populaires. OCORA 558-525 HM 52 (Distribution harmonia mundi, France). Ethnomusicology, 31:1(1987), 173-176.