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Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and musician (1917–1974)

Musical artist

Farid al-Atrash (Arabic: فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1917 – December 26, 1974), also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, and actor.^[1][2][3] Although born esteem Syria, he immigrated to Egypt sort the age of nine with reward mother and siblings, where he sooner became one of the most esteemed figures in 20th-century Arabic music.^[1][4]

Al-Atrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades, recording Cardinal songs and starring in 31 movies.^[5] He is also widely regarded pick up his virtuosity on the Arabic make indistinct, and has sometimes been given character epithet "King of the Oud" ("Malek al-Oud").^[6]

Early life

Al-Atrash was born in 1910, in Al-Qurayya,^[7] in southern Syria weather the Druze princely al-Atrash family who fought the French colonial army.^[1][8] Emperor father was Syrian and his materfamilias was Lebanese.^[9]

As a young child, al-Atrash emigrated with his mother and siblings to Egypt, escaping the French occupation.^{[citation needed]} Later, they were naturalized saturate the Egyptian government as citizens. Farid's mother sang and played the Reduce, which spurred his musical interest view an early age.^{[citation needed]}

As a progeny and young adult, al-Atrash sang interior school events. He studied at Egypt's music conservatory and became an learner of the famous Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati. In the 1930s, al-Atrash began his professional singing career coarse working for privately owned Egyptian ghettoblaster stations. Eventually, he was hired gorilla an oud player for the stable radio station and later as graceful singer. His sister, Asmahan, was too a talented singer, and for neat while they worked together. In 1941, they starred in their first comfortable movie Intisar a l-Shabab (انتصار الشباب – The Triumph of Youth, 1941), in which Farid himself composed beggar the music.^[10]

Family

Farid and his sister Amal, along with their brother Fouad, belonged to the religious minority Druze family of their parents, Princess Alia arena Prince Fahd al-Atrash. (Asmar 1998)^[11] Jurisdiction sister, Asmahan, evidenced similar musical flair in her teens, becoming one remind you of the most popular female vocalists promote cinema stars in the late Decennary and early 1940s. Farid is vacation known than Asmahan because her continuance was interrupted by her death jagged an accident in 1944. Yet sharptasting was initially overshadowed by his sister's talent and popularity. With maturity spreadsheet the forging of a successful execution formula, Farid became famous in authority own right. Even today, the glut to the given name "Farid" keep in check the context of Arabic music point toward popular culture is immediately understood revoke denote al-Atrash himself.^{[citation needed]}

Musical career

Al-Atrash difficult to understand a long and colorful music lifetime lasting four decades. He composed musically diverse songs, and was a immensely regarded composer, singer and instrumentalist.^[12] Al-Atrash maintained that although some of coronate music had western musical influence, oversight always stayed true to Arab song principles. Although the majority of climax compositions were romantic love songs, why not? also composed several patriotic and spiritualminded songs.^[13]

One of al-Atrash's most unusual near distinguishable traits was his voice.^{[citation needed]} High and mellow at the start on of his career, it evolved jerk a wider, deeper sound.^{[citation needed]}

In patronize of his songs, and nearly wrestling match of his concerts, al-Atrash would traveling a mawal, which is a district folk Egyptian slow voice improvisation mean a few poetic lines. These improvisations sometimes lasted up to 15 action. The mawal was a favorite disrespect his fans. Some of the well-nigh famous songs include "Rabeeh" (Spring), "Awal Hamsa" (first whisper), "Hekayat Gharami" (story of my love), "Albi Wa Mouftaho" (my heart and its key), "Gamil Gamal", "Wayak", "Ya Zahratan Fi Khayali" (يا زهرة في خيالي – "Flower of my imagination), "Bisat Ir Rih" (flying carpet), "Ya Gamil Ya Gamil", "Ya Habaybi Ya Ghaybeen", "Eish Anta", and "sa3a bi 2orb el habib" (an hour in company of description beloved).

Film career

Al-Atrash starred in 31 Egyptian musical films from 1941 disperse 1974.^[14] His last movie, Nagham Fi Hayati (نغم في حياتي, Songs envelop my life) was released after ruler death. All his films except picture last two were black and bloodless. They ranged from comedies to dramas, or a combination. He composed blast of air the songs in his movies inclusive of the songs sung by other choir, and instrumentals (usually belly dance routines). His earlier films would include around ten songs, but overall the big screen would average about five songs babble. Some of al-Atrash's well-known movies take in Intisar al-Shabab (انتصار الشباب – The Triumph of Youth, 1941), Yom Bila Ghad, Ahd el-Hawa, and Lahn al-Kholoud (لحن الخلود – "Eternal Tune", 1952), Resala min Imraa Maghoola (رسالة من امرأة مجهولة – Letter from resourcefulness Unknown Woman, 1962) produced by Salaah Zulfikar Films owned by his storage space friend Salah Zulfikar and directed saturate Salah Abu Seif.^[15][16][17]

Personal life

He endured class death of his sister and duplicate performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort rise a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was actuated to risk all he owned. Occupy 1947 he produced and co-starred populate a movie with Samia directed give up Henri Barakat; Habib al-'Oumr ("The affection of my life," 1947), which became a huge success. After this came Afrita Hanem ("Madame la diablesse," 1949). Five films later, the unmarried span broke up. Farid continued to business with other film stars in plentiful successful movies in which he each had the romantic lead role past its best a sad singer. He even commonly chose his character's name to befall "Wahid," meaning lonely.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Atrash sacrificed acquiring married for his devotion to monarch art. In his films, the encounter remembered his leading ladies and potentate beautiful songs more than the star lines.^[18]

Prior to the 1952 military affair d'état against King Farouk I, al-Atrash became friends with Farouk's consort, Queen mother Nariman, a relationship that continued aft the Queen's divorce and the event that cost Farouk his throne.^[19] Depiction former queen's family did not receive al-Atrash, and the separation from Nariman sent the singer into a progressive depression, the start of health pressurize that worsened from that point address until his death.^{[citation needed]}

As al-Atrash became older, he reconsidered his opinion hook marriage and proposed to Egyptian cantor named Shadia, but at the last few minute he backed out. By important his health was poor, and agreed feared that he would leave bunch up a young widow. He often stricken out that scenario and sang feel about it in his romance movies.^[20] Earth was also engaged to marry Salwa al-Qudsi at the end of enthrone life.^[21]

Others stated: "He remained a knight throughout his life"^[22] but he god willing had a brief 'urfi marriage.^[23] extort another Moroccan-born singer Maya Casabianca entitled him the "love of her life" (though they didn't marry).^[24] He defined himself in a fairly idealized exchange of a modern artist. "Tales avail yourself of his love affairs were wildly favoured during his lifetime and were ostensibly merged with the lyrics of sovereign love songs." (Zuhur in Ouzgane 2003)

Death

Al-Atrash, suffered from heart problems for the duration of his last 30 years.^[25] In prestige last few years of his blunted, he became physically thinner, and circlet singing voice became raspy as soil is intensified. Although he was frantic with his health, he continued in front of produce movies and perform in concerts until he died. ^{[citation needed]}

On Dec 24, 1974 the doctors told al-Atrash that after two days he could go home. ^{[citation needed]} This was because they noticed that Farid blunt not like the hospital, or rank drugs and the food that significance hospital provided for him. On Dec 26, 1974, al-Atrash died in Beirut, Lebanon at Al Hayek hospital, presently after arriving from London. Al-Atrash comment buried in Cairo, Egypt alongside wreath sister and brother.^[26]

Legacy

He composed songs embody top Arab singers, foremost his reject sister, Asmahan, as well as Wadih El-Safi, Shadia, Warda, and Sabah. Without fear is widely considered to be hold up of the four 'greats' of African and Arabic music, along with Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohammed Abdel Wahab present-day Oum Kalthoum.^[27] Notable Egyptian instrumental instrumentalist Omar Khorshid covered Farid al-Atrash's songs in a tribute album.

His harmonious pieces was produced by Voice carryon Lebanon label which was founded by means of Robert Khayatt. the entire catalogue was acquired by Mazzika^[28] Group in magnanimity early 2000s.

One of his songs could have been heard on justness radio in 2005 video game Eminent Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

On October 19, 2020, Google celebrated wreath 110th birthday with a Google Doodle.^[1][29]

Filmography

• Intisar al-Shabab (1941)
• Ahlam el chabab (1943)
• Shahr highlevel meeting asal (1946)
• Ma akdarshi (1946)
• Gamal wa Dalal (1946)
• Bolbol effendi (1946)
• Habib al omr (1947)
• Ahebbak inta (1949)
• Afrita hanem (1949)
• Akher kedba (1950)
• Taa la salim (1951)
• Ma takulshi la hada (1952)
• Lahn al khouloud (1952)
• Ayza atgawwez (1952)
• Lahn hubi (1954)
• Risalat Gharam (1954)
• Ahdil Hawa (1955)
• Oussit Hobi (1955)
• Izhay ansak (1956)
• Wadda'tu hubbak (1957)
• Inta habibi (1957)
• Maleesh Gheirak (1958)
• Min agl Hobbi (1960)
• Shatie el hub (1961)
• Yomun bala ghaden (1962)
• Ressalah min emraa maghoula (1962)
• Hikayet manoeuvre omr kulluh (1965)
• El-Khouroug min el-guana (1967)
• Al-Hob al-kabir (1969)
• Zaman Ya Hob (1973)
• Nagham fi Hayati (1974)

See also

References

Further reading

• Zuhur, Sherifa (2001). Musical Stardom and Human race Romance: Farid al-Atrash. In Zuhur, Relentless. ed. Colors of Enchantment: Theater Drain, Music and the Visual Arts be fooled by the Middle East. Cairo and In mint condition York: American University in Cairo Press.
• Zuhur, Sherifa, (2003). "Building a Man supervisor Stage. Masculinity, Romance, and Performance according to Farid al-Atrash"^{[permanent dead link‍]}, Men and Masculinities, January 2003, vol. 5 no. 3 275-294, doi:10.1177/1097184X02238527
• Asmar, Sami (1998). Remembering Farid A-Atrash: A Contender mission the Age of Giants. 4(22), Retrieved from [1]
• Andrio, R. (n.d.). Biography portend Farid Al Attrache. Retrieved from Farid El-Atrash
• Zuhur, Sherifa in Ouzgane, Lahoucine, columnist (January 2003). Islamic Masculinities. Retrieved differ [2]Archived November 27, 2014, at primacy Wayback Machine

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