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mugham - What does it mean?

Definition of 'mugham'

English

(wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* mugam

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A folk musical composition of Azerbaijan in a complex form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation.
  • *{{quote-news|year=2009|date=March 1|author=Meline Toumani|title=For the Love of Layla|work=New York Times citation
  • |passage=But the more complicated issue was that the sections composed for orchestra and chorus, in the style of a 19th-century Italian opera, seemed entirely separate from the mugham sections, long improvisations in which Mr. Qasimov interprets the plight of Majnun using one of the 24 different mughams specified by Hajibeyov. }}