Persia, Arabia, Iraq and the Ottomans. The rebab was heavily used, and continues to be used, in Arabic Bedouin music as well traditional Iraqi music under the name joza, named after the sound box material made of a coconut shell . There is also a bowed instrument in Persian music named Kamanche which has similar shape and structure.
No. 16: Horace Mann School. Ranked the second best preparatory school in the country in 2010, Horace Mann School is the third most expensive private school in New York City. Notable alumni include Washington Post writer Marc Fisher, former U.S. Attorney General Willam Barr and former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer.
Harvard tops this year's list of America's Best Colleges in the US News & World Report College Rankings for 2009. Harvard was joined by its traditional counterparts who usually place in the Top 3: Princeton and Yale. Let's take a look at this yearâs rankings of America's Top 10 Colleges.