Preservation of Traditional Lebanese Wedding Songs

$72.9K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Lebanon
Start Date	Nov 20, 2008
End Date	Aug 17, 2011
Duration	1,000 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77259-48`

Grant Description

To preserve Lebanese wedding traditions and associated music.

Transmitted across centuries in Lebanese villages, traditional wedding music is now rarely performed, and no significant recordings of it exist. The project involves the collection of field recordings, transcriptions of wedding songs, and a publication.