Songs and instrumental music, in part traditional. "This recording is drawn from the 80-volume CD collection, Music of the earth: Fieldworkers' sound collections, originally released in 1992 in Japan under the supervision of Tomoaki Fujii by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) and Smithsonian/Folkways Records (USA)"--Notes, p. 14. Compact disc. Original notes by Nobuo Mizuno, in English translation from the Japanese ([17] p. : ill., map) inserted in container.

Bell announcing Sunday morning mass --(0:58) -- Paean from Mass for day of fasting -- (1:43) -- Sample performances of small cymbals -- (0:55) -- Church bell and Coptic Bible recitation -- (1:47) -- Coptic wedding reception : song and dance -- (3:07) -- Qur'ān recitation and azan -- (7:06) -- Muhammed festival -- (1:41) -- 'Ūd improvisation -- (8:09) -- Bashraf (instrumental composition) -- (5:32) -- Popular song : The ruins -- (8:29) -- Rhythm patterns -- (3:09) -- Rhythmic improvisation -- (3:16) -- Sounds of the Mizmār -- (2:29) -- Folk song : Farewell, beloved -- (3:39) -- Folk song : Get our old stuff -- (3:06) -- Folk song with Tambūrah : Nubian girl -- (4:28).