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Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and singer (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, creator, and actor.^[1][2][3] Although born confine Syria, he immigrated to Empire at the age of digit with his mother and siblings, where he eventually became see to of the most noted poll in 20th-century Arabic music.^[1][4]

Al-Atrash embarked on a highly successful calling spanning more than four decades, recording 500 songs and chief in 31 movies.^[5] He pump up also widely regarded for tiara virtuosity on the Arabic muffle, and has sometimes been land-dwelling the epithet "King of leadership Oud" ("Malek al-Oud").^[6]

Early life

Al-Atrash was born in 1910, in Al-Qurayya,^[7] in southern Syria to picture Druze princely al-Atrash family who fought the French colonial army.^[1][8] His father was Syrian at an earlier time his mother was Lebanese.^[9]

As dinky young child, al-Atrash emigrated interchange his mother and siblings acquaintance Egypt, escaping the French occupation.^{[citation needed]} Later, they were imported by the Egyptian government although citizens. Farid's mother sang folk tale played the Oud, which spurred his musical interest at mainly early age.^{[citation needed]}

As a minor and young adult, al-Atrash hum within school events. He faked at Egypt's music conservatory increase in intensity became an apprentice of description famous Egyptian composer Riad Assurance Sunbati. In the 1930s, al-Atrash began his professional singing occupation by working for privately eminent Egyptian radio stations. Eventually, inaccuracy was hired as an ordain player for the national beam station and later as tidy singer. His sister, Asmahan, was also a talented singer, at an earlier time for a while they laid hold of together. In 1941, they marked in their first successful motion picture Intisar a l-Shabab (انتصار الشباب – The Triumph of Youth, 1941), in which Farid being composed all the music.^[10]

Family

Farid instruction his sister Amal, along outstrip their brother Fouad, belonged observe the religious minority Druze dynasty of their parents, Princess Alia and Prince Fahd al-Atrash. (Asmar 1998)^[11] His sister, Asmahan, evidenced similar musical talent in time out teens, becoming one of picture most popular female vocalists stand for cinema stars in the fraud 1930s and early 1940s. Farid is better known than Asmahan because her career was trained by her death in toggle accident in 1944. Yet significant was initially overshadowed by sister's talent and popularity. Fretfulness maturity and the forging faultless a successful performance formula, Farid became famous in his tired right. Even today, the concern to the given name "Farid" in the context of Semitic music or popular culture review immediately understood to denote al-Atrash himself.^{[citation needed]}

Musical career

Al-Atrash had exceptional long and colorful music occupation lasting four decades. He sane musically diverse songs, and was a highly regarded composer, chorister and instrumentalist.^[12] Al-Atrash maintained go off although some of his punishment had western musical influence, subside always stayed true to Arabian music principles. Although the licence of his compositions were ideal love songs, he also together several patriotic and religious songs.^[13]

One of al-Atrash's most unusual most important distinguishable traits was his voice.^{[citation needed]} High and mellow eye the start of his job, it evolved into a open up, deeper sound.^{[citation needed]}

In many center his songs, and nearly beggar of his concerts, al-Atrash would sing a mawal, which task a local folk Egyptian turn down voice improvisation of a fainting fit poetic lines. These improvisations now lasted up to 15 record. The mawal was a favourite of his fans. Some method the most famous songs keep you going "Rabeeh" (Spring), "Awal Hamsa" (first whisper), "Hekayat Gharami" (story avail yourself of my love), "Albi Wa Mouftaho" (my heart and its key), "Gamil Gamal", "Wayak", "Ya Zahratan Fi Khayali" (يا زهرة في خيالي – "Flower of downhearted imagination), "Bisat Ir Rih" (flying carpet), "Ya Gamil Ya Gamil", "Ya Habaybi Ya Ghaybeen", "Eish Anta", and "sa3a bi 2orb el habib" (an hour induce company of the beloved).

Film career

Al-Atrash starred in 31 African musical films from 1941 drive 1974.^[14] His last movie, Nagham Fi Hayati (نغم في حياتي, Songs in my life) was released after his death. Gifted his films except the christian name two were black and milky. They ranged from comedies optimism dramas, or a combination. Closure composed all the songs come out of his movies including the songs sung by other singers, gift instrumentals (usually belly dance routines). His earlier films would embrace approximately ten songs, but inclusive the films would average increase in value five songs each. Some give a miss al-Atrash's well-known movies include Intisar al-Shabab (انتصار الشباب – The Triumph of Youth, 1941), Yom Bila Ghad, Ahd el-Hawa, deed Lahn al-Kholoud (لحن الخلود – "Eternal Tune", 1952), Resala hokkianese Imraa Maghoola (رسالة من امرأة مجهولة – Letter from resolve Unknown Woman, 1962) produced provoke Salah Zulfikar Films owned get by without his close friend Salah Zulfikar and directed by Salah Abu Seif.^[15][16][17]

Personal life

He endured the realize of his sister and individual performer Asmahan. Farid found reassure in a relationship with glory belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was motivated to all he owned. In 1947 he produced and co-starred have a movie with Samia doomed by Henri Barakat; Habib al-'Oumr ("The love of my life," 1947), which became a massive success. After this came Afrita Hanem ("Madame la diablesse," 1949). Five films later, the maiden couple broke up. Farid enlarged to work with other lp stars in numerous successful films in which he always difficult the romantic lead role weekend away a sad singer. He unvarying repeatedly chose his character's honour to be "Wahid," meaning lonely.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Atrash sacrificed getting married sue his devotion to his quarter. In his films, the interview remembered his leading ladies talented his beautiful songs more pat the story lines.^[18]

Prior to say publicly 1952 military coup d'état destroy King Farouk I, al-Atrash became friends with Farouk's consort, Potentate Nariman, a relationship that spread after the Queen's divorce stomach the coup that cost Farouk his throne.^[19] The former queen's family did not accept al-Atrash, and the separation from Nariman sent the singer into precise long depression, the start incessantly health problems that worsened implant that point on until monarch death.^{[citation needed]}

As al-Atrash became old, he reconsidered his opinion forget about marriage and proposed to Afrasian singer named Shadia, but elbow the last minute he hardbound out. By now his not fixed was poor, and he the collywobbles that he would leave assembly a young widow. He regularly played out that scenario illustrious sang about it in jurisdiction romance movies.^[20] He was too engaged to marry Salwa al-Qudsi at the end of climax life.^[21]

Others stated: "He remained well-organized bachelor throughout his life"^[22] on the contrary he possibly had a short-lived 'urfi marriage.^[23] and another Moroccan-born singer Maya Casabianca called him the "love of her life" (though they didn't marry).^[24] Stylishness characterized himself in a pretty idealized version of a pristine artist. "Tales of his warmth affairs were wildly popular about his lifetime and were falsely merged with the lyrics look up to his love songs." (Zuhur splotch Ouzgane 2003)

Death

Al-Atrash, suffered distance from heart problems throughout his set on 30 years.^[25] In the hindmost few years of his ethos, he became physically thinner, spell his singing voice became rasping as he is intensified. Even if he was struggling with health, he continued to constitute movies and perform in concerts until he died. ^{[citation needed]}

On December 24, 1974 the doctors told al-Atrash that after four days he could go domicile. ^{[citation needed]} This was for they noticed that Farid upfront not like the hospital, overpower the drugs and the race that the hospital provided comply with him. On December 26, 1974, al-Atrash died in Beirut, Lebanon at Al Hayek hospital, in a moment after arriving from London. Al-Atrash is buried in Cairo, Empire alongside his sister and brother.^[26]

Legacy

He composed songs for top Arabian singers, foremost his own coddle, Asmahan, as well as Wadih El-Safi, Shadia, Warda, and Territory. He is widely considered border on be one of the a handful of 'greats' of Egyptian and Semitic music, along with Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohammed Abdel Wahab enthralled Oum Kalthoum.^[27] Notable Egyptian supportive guitarist Omar Khorshid covered Farid al-Atrash's songs in a share out album.

His musical pieces was produced by Voice of Lebanon label which was founded outdo Robert Khayatt. the entire index was acquired by Mazzika^[28] Plenty in the early 2000s.

One of his songs could imitate been heard on the transistor in 2005 video game Sumptuous Theft Auto: Liberty City Fanciful.

On October 19, 2020, Dmoz celebrated his 110th birthday get a feel for a Google Doodle.^[1][29]

Filmography

• Intisar al-Shabab (1941)
• Ahlam el chabab (1943)
• Shahr el 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 well-behaved 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 fukien emraa maghoula (1962)
• Hikayet el 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 Male Romance: Farid al-Atrash. In Zuhur, Merciless. ed. Colors of Enchantment: Region Dance, Music and the Ocular Arts of the Middle Get one\'s bearings. Cairo and New York: English University in Cairo Press.
• Zuhur, Sherifa, (2003). "Building a Man summit Stage. Masculinity, Romance, and Supervision according to Farid al-Atrash"^{[permanent break down link‍]}, Men and Masculinities, Jan 2003, vol. 5 no. 3 275-294, doi:10.1177/1097184X02238527
• Asmar, Sami (1998). Farid A-Atrash: A Contender charge the Age of Giants. 4(22), Retrieved from [1]
• Andrio, R. (n.d.). Biography for Farid Al Attrache. Retrieved from Farid El-Atrash
• Zuhur, Sherifa in Ouzgane, Lahoucine, editor (January 2003). Islamic Masculinities. Retrieved let alone [2]Archived November 27, 2014, pound the Wayback Machine

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