Music Affairs Centre showcases museum documenting music legacy in Qatar

The Music Affairs Centre of the Ministry of Culture is participating in the events marking the Qatar National Day (QND), currently held at Darb Al Saai in Umm Salal, through the music museum.The museum navigates through the history of music in Qatar by showcasing the most renowned music instruments in the ancient times, along with their evolution and legacies.Researcher in music heritage and supervisor of the music museum at Darb Al Saai, Faisal al-Tamimi, highlighted to the Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the creation of a music museum was intended to document music in Qatar.He said emphasised that prior to the debut of music instruments that help documentation, things were unclear, hence, it became necessary to collect a significant bulk of information about music with all its bands composers, lyricists, and singers who lived the Qatari music, as well as instruments that have been used since that time, he highlighted.Al-Tamimi added that the museum chose limited exhibits due to the nature of participation at Darb Al Saai, in terms of space and duration, by focusing on folklore arts that underpin music in Qatar and relies primarily on percussion instruments, which were introduced along with their names and roles to provide an overall panorama.He noted the existence of a special section for books about music, both eastern and western, along with two pavilions devoted to honouring the late Qatari artists who made an indelible footprint on Qatari music. – QNA