Kunnash al-Haik
# Kunnash al-Haik

Kunnash al-Haik (Arabic: كناش الحائك) is a songbook composed by Mohammed al-Haik in the late 18th century. It is a seminal text of tarab al-āla [ar] (طرب الآلة lit. "joy of the instrument"), popularly referred to as Andalusi music.

## Editions

The vizier Muhammad Ibn al-'Arabi al-Jāmi'i [ar] of the court of Hassan I released a derivative work known as Kunnash al-Jāmi'i. Abdelkrim Rais published an edition under the name Min Wahi r-Rabāb (من وحي الرباب) in 1989.

Idrīs Bin Jellūn at-Twīmī [fr] also published a revised edition of Kunnash al-Haik.

