What happened to the study of Arab music in the twentieth century? Give an example. (Examples may vary.)

What will be an ideal response?


• "Further attempts to collect Arab music and to codify repertoire, musical forms, scales, and rhythms were made in the twentieth century" (e.g., Egypt sponsoring the Congress of Arab Music in 1932, which assembled Arab theorists and performers along with European music scholars).

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