''Ma'luf'' ( ar, مألوف, acquainted, familiar ''Ma'lūf'') is a genre of art music in the

Andalusian classical music Andalusi classical music ( ar, طرب أندلسي, ṭarab ʾandalusī; es, música andalusí), also called Andalusi music or Arab-Andalusian music, is a genre of music originally developed in al-Andalus by the Muslim population of the region a ...

tradition of

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. It is of Iberian origin and was introduced to the

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...

by Andalusian refugees.''Encyclopedia Americana'' Scholastic Library Publishing - 2006 "The most renowned Tunisian art form is the maluf, a song of Spanish origin introduced by Andalusian refugees."

References

*Davis, Ruth (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 (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 (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''. . . Algerian music Libyan music Tunisian music Arabic music Classical and art music traditions {{Arabic-music-stub