Background
He was born in Nazareth on December 12, 1934.
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Habib Hassan Touma
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He graduated from the Tel Aviv Music Academy in 1961 where he studied composition with Alexander U. Boskovich.
Career
He authored a number of books, essays and articles on Arabic music In 1963, he moved to Germany, where he dedicated himself primarily to the field of ethnomusicology. He died in 1998. Touma is the author of multiple books, among them Maqām Bayati in the Arabian Taqsim and The Music of the Arabs.
His list of compositions include Taksim for piano, Suite Arabe for piano (ca 1961), Samai for oboe and piano (ca 1961), Rhapsodie Orientale for two flutes and drum (ca 1961), Study Number.1 for flute (ca 1962), Study Number.2 (Combinations) for flute (ca 1965), and Reflexus I for twelve solo string instruments or string orchestra (ca 1965).
He was also a book review editor at the International Institute for Traditional Music in Berlin, Germany.
