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We asked the composer Rachel Beckles Willson to tell us something about her forthcoming book on the oud, a Middle Eastern antecedent of the medieval European lute. Here's what she reveals. The Oud: An Illustrated History. By Rachel Beckles Willson Nov. 2023. 256p. illus. Interlink Publishing (ISBN 9781623717520). https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oud-Illustrated-History-Beckles-Willson/dp/1623717523/ The opening chapter of my ....