Chaabi (Algerian popular music)

found: Work cat.: El Achab, A. Le chaabi des grands maîtres [SR] = The chaabi of the great masters, p2000:pkg. (Like the tango from Argentina or the fado from Portugal ... or the Negro blues of North America ... the chaabi emerged in the early 20th century out of the poorer quarters of the Casbah in Algiers ... It took its inspiration from Moorish music ... The words, based on traditional proverbs or modern-day maxims, speak of real life situations ... the instruments it uses (the mandolin, banjo, and piano) would seem to indicate modernist intentions)

found: New Grove online:Algeria. Urban musics (shaʻbī; shaʻbī music (people's music). Pieces consist of lengthy narrative songs sung by a single performer interspersed with vociferous choral sections involving the ensemble. As the music most associated with the working classes of the city of Algiers, shaʻbī was promoted by the first socialist, post-colonial regimes. Ensemble always includes the mandūl, darbukka, violins, and often the banjo. Algerian shaʻbī, not to be confused with Egyptian and Moroccan musics with the same name)

found: White, D. Dict. of popular music styles of the world, 1998:Arab world. Algeria (chaabiya; chaabi. Popular music. Chaabi means popular) Egypt (shaabi, shaaby. Egyptian popular music, especially for the working class poor) Morocco (chaabi, chaabiya. Popular music)

found: Garland encyc. of world music:v. 1, p. 545-546 (shaʻbī, a music widely popular throughout the Maghrib)