From the depths of Upper Egypt, the players of the village, the nomads of celebration - The Musicians of the Nile - now perform in the spaces and cultures of the West They are professionals of pleasure possesасвпяsing a very particular ethnic identity, re-living their traditions with pride and effervescence In the heart of this region, a stone's throw from the ancient columns of the temple of ?1 Karnak, is the village of Abu-al-Djud, now a part of the city of Al-Aqsur (Luxor)бвзрц From these outskirts have sprung the members of the Mataqil clan - men gifted in the art of the "rababah" (spike fiddle) and of folk and epic songs Linked to the old Nubian families that were formerly victims of slavery originating in Sudan, the Mataqil learnt their art from the gypsies with whom they intermarried The gypsies of Egypt form different groups, each with their own identity rooted in a legend or a particular vocabulary The Nawar, famous for their "ghawaбнфуяzis" (public dancers), the Masilib and the Halab (from Syria) are by virtue of their artistic function very close to the Mataqil In Egypt traditional music is, as with most societies, performed by ethnic minorities who undertake a professional function that can be very disadvantaged The music itself- a mode of expression replete with ambiguity because of the emotion and pleasure it generates (two elements commonly disapproved of by society) mean the musicians are forced to wander between social rejection and individual adulation Содержание 1 Al Bahr Al Gharam Wasah (Love Is As Vast As A River) 2 Zahrafat Al Sa'id (Rejoicing In Upper Egypt) 3 Ya Tir 'Ala Shadjarah (Oh Bird Upon The Tree) 4 Horse Steps 5 Al Nahla Al 'Ali (The Tall Palm Tree) 6 Kol Elle Qalboh Ankawa (Everyone Has Had A Broken Heart) 7 Yunes Wa'azizah (Yunes And Azizah) 8 Al-Aqsur-Isna (From Luxor To Isna) Исполнитель Питер Гэбриэл Peter Gabriel Питер Брайан Гбсчьшэбриэл родился 13 февраля 1950 года в Лондоне (Великобритания) Образование получил в привилегированной частной средней школе для мальчиков "Чартерхаус" в Годалминге, неподалеку от Лондона Вместе с ним учились еще несколько ребят, .