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Arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of plant tendrils, leaves and flowers, very common in Islamic art. It may also refer to:

Ballet

• Arabesque (ballet position)

Music

Genres and compositions

• Arabesque (classical music)
  • Arabesques (Debussy), two piano pieces by Claude Debussy
  • Arabeske (Schumann), a piano piece by Robert Schumann
• Arabesque (Turkish music)

Artists

• Arabesque (group), a 1970s Euro disco group
• Arabesque (rapper) (born 1981), Canadian hip hop artist
• Arabesque, a British band formed by Keith Girdler and Paul Stewart of Blueboy

Albums

• Arabesque (Sibel Can album), 2016
• Arabesque: Geçmiş, Geçmemiş Hiç..., a 2010 album by Işın Karaca
• Arabesque / Misteriosa Venezia, a 1986 album by Rondò Veneziano
• Arabesque, album by John Klemmer 1977

Songs

• "Arabesque", single by 999 (band) 1984
• "Arabesque", by Ahmad Jamal from Crystal, 1987
• "Arabesque", a concert band piece composed by Samuel Hazo, 2008
• "Arabesque", by Nightwish from Imaginaerum, 2011
• "Arabesque", by Cheap Trick from Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello, 2016
• "Arabesque", by Coldplay, 2019
• "Arabesque", by Avantasia from A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society, 2022

Labels

• Arabesque Records, classical and jazz music label

Television and film

• Arabesque, a 1966 thriller feature film
• Arabesque, French title for Murder, She Wrote TV show

Other uses

• Arabesque (company), a Romanian building materials company
• Arabesque, a collar patch insignia used by German speaking countries' armed forces, see Kragenspiegel
• Arabesque Partners, an Anglo-German responsible investment management firm
• Arabesque, a manga by Ryoko Yamagishi
• Arabesque Software, producer of Ecco Pro
• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, an Edgar Allan Poe story collection that defined a literary genre

See also

• Arabesk (disambiguation)

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