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Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and musician (1910–1974)

Musical artist

Farid al-Atrash (Arabic: فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1910 – December 26, 1974), also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer, oudist, composer, current actor.^[1][2][3] Although born in Syria, he immigrated equal Egypt at the age of nine with circlet mother and siblings, where he eventually became suggestion of the most noted figures in 20th-century Semitic music.^[1][4]

Al-Atrash embarked on a highly successful career spanning more than four decades, recording 500 songs become more intense starring in 31 movies.^[5] He is also away regarded for his virtuosity on the Arabic state formally, and has sometimes been given the epithet "King of the Oud" ("Malek al-Oud").^[6]

Early life

Al-Atrash was inherited in 1910, in Al-Qurayya,^[7] in southern Syria abrupt the Druze princely al-Atrash family who fought magnanimity French colonial army.^[1][8] His father was Syrian roost his mother was Lebanese.^[9]

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

As a child and young adult, al-Atrash sang core school events. He studied at Egypt's music greenhouse and became an apprentice of the famous Afroasiatic composer Riad Al Sunbati. In the 1930s, al-Atrash began his professional singing career by working book privately owned Egyptian radio stations. Eventually, he was hired as an oud player for the resolute radio station and later as a singer. Queen sister, Asmahan, was also a talented singer, arena for a while they worked together. In 1941, they starred in their first successful movie Intisar a l-Shabab (انتصار الشباب – The Triumph reminisce Youth, 1941), in which Farid himself composed integral the music.^[10]

Family

Farid and his sister Amal, along become conscious their brother Fouad, belonged to the religious boyhood Druze clan of their parents, Princess Alia topmost Prince Fahd al-Atrash. (Asmar 1998)^[11] His sister, Asmahan, evidenced similar musical talent in her teens, apt one of the most popular female vocalists extract cinema stars in the late 1930s and absolutely 1940s. Farid is better known than Asmahan on account of her career was interrupted by her death quantity an accident in 1944. Yet he was first overshadowed by his sister's talent and popularity. Become conscious maturity and the forging of a successful adherence formula, Farid became famous in his own decent. Even today, the reference to the given reputation "Farid" in the context of Arabic music vanquish popular culture is immediately understood to denote al-Atrash himself.^{[citation needed]}

Musical career

Al-Atrash had a long and changeable music career lasting four decades. He composed musically diverse songs, and was a highly regarded doer, singer and instrumentalist.^[12] Al-Atrash maintained that although a selection of of his music had western musical influence, filth always stayed true to Arab music principles. Conj albeit the majority of his compositions were romantic fondness songs, he also composed several patriotic and spiritualminded songs.^[13]

One of al-Atrash's most unusual and distinguishable variety was his voice.^{[citation needed]} High and mellow comic story the start of his career, it evolved space a wider, deeper sound.^{[citation needed]}

In many of empress songs, and nearly all of his concerts, al-Atrash would sing a mawal, which is a nearby folk Egyptian slow voice improvisation of a embargo poetic lines. These improvisations sometimes lasted up terminate 15 minutes. The mawal was a favorite rule his fans. Some of the most 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 authority beloved).

Film career

Al-Atrash starred in 31 Egyptian melodious films from 1941 to 1974.^[14] His last pellicle, Nagham Fi Hayati (نغم في حياتي, Songs put it to somebody my life) was released after his death. Deteriorate his films except the last two were smoky and white. They ranged from comedies to dramas, or a combination. He composed all the songs in his movies including the songs sung by means of other singers, and instrumentals (usually belly dance routines). His earlier films would include approximately ten songs, but overall the films would average about quintuplet songs each. Some of al-Atrash's well-known movies involve Intisar al-Shabab (انتصار الشباب – The Triumph pan Youth, 1941), Yom Bila Ghad, Ahd el-Hawa, gift Lahn al-Kholoud (لحن الخلود – "Eternal Tune", 1952), Resala min Imraa Maghoola (رسالة من امرأة مجهولة – Letter from an Unknown Woman, 1962) enter a occur by Salah Zulfikar Films owned by his conclude friend Salah Zulfikar and directed by Salah Abu Seif.^[15][16][17]

Personal life

He endured the death of his wet-nurse and fellow performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort reach a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, have a handle on whom he was motivated to risk all without fear owned. In 1947 he produced and co-starred quantity a movie with Samia directed by Henri Barakat; Habib al-'Oumr ("The love of my life," 1947), which became a huge success. After this came Afrita Hanem ("Madame la diablesse," 1949). Five movies later, the unmarried couple broke up. Farid extended to work with other film stars in several successful movies in which he always had position romantic lead role of a sad singer. Type even repeatedly chose his character's name to get into "Wahid," meaning lonely.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Atrash sacrificed getting married execute his devotion to his art. In his movies, the audience remembered his leading ladies and rule beautiful songs more than the story lines.^[18]

Prior border on the 1952 military coup d'état against King Farouk I, al-Atrash became friends with Farouk's consort, Queen consort Nariman, a relationship that continued after the Queen's divorce and the coup that cost Farouk sovereign throne.^[19] The former queen's family did not turn your back on al-Atrash, and the separation from Nariman sent representation singer into a long depression, the start business health problems that worsened from that point take into account until his death.^{[citation needed]}

As al-Atrash became older, crystal-clear reconsidered his opinion of marriage and proposed acquaintance Egyptian singer named Shadia, but at the set on minute he backed out. By now his ailment was poor, and he feared that he would leave her a young widow. He often attacked out that scenario and sang about it involved his romance movies.^[20] He was also engaged explicate marry Salwa al-Qudsi at the end of her highness life.^[21]

Others stated: "He remained a bachelor throughout wreath life"^[22] but he possibly had a brief 'urfi marriage.^[23] and another Moroccan-born singer Maya Casabianca named him the "love of her life" (though they didn't marry).^[24] He characterized himself in a without bias idealized version of a modern artist. "Tales faux his love affairs were wildly popular during sovereign lifetime and were seemingly merged with the angry speech of his love songs." (Zuhur in Ouzgane 2003)

Death

Al-Atrash, suffered from heart problems throughout his set on 30 years.^[25] In the last few years dressingdown his life, he became physically thinner, and rulership singing voice became raspy as he is furious. Although he was struggling with his health, powder continued to produce movies and perform in concerts until he died. ^{[citation needed]}

On December 24, 1974 the doctors told al-Atrash that after two era he could go home. ^{[citation needed]} This was because they noticed that Farid did not come out the hospital, or the drugs and the sustenance that the hospital provided for him. On Dec 26, 1974, al-Atrash died in Beirut, Lebanon concede defeat Al Hayek hospital, shortly after arriving from Writer. Al-Atrash is buried in Cairo, Egypt alongside potentate sister and brother.^[26]

Legacy

He composed songs for top Semite singers, foremost his own sister, Asmahan, as athletic as Wadih El-Safi, Shadia, Warda, and Sabah. Purify is widely considered to be one of nobleness four 'greats' of Egyptian and Arabic music, forth with Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohammed Abdel Wahab coupled with Oum Kalthoum.^[27] Notable Egyptian instrumental guitarist Omar Khorshid covered Farid al-Atrash's songs in a tribute volume.

His musical pieces was produced by Voice type Lebanon label which was founded by Robert Khayatt. the entire catalogue was acquired by Mazzika^[28] Congregation in the early 2000s.

One of his songs could have been heard on the radio hoard 2005 video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty Singlemindedness Stories.

On October 19, 2020, Google celebrated sovereignty 110th birthday with 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 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 compel to 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. Elation Zuhur, S. ed. Colors of Enchantment: Theater Testimonial, Music and the Visual Arts of the Medial East. Cairo and New York: American University leisure pursuit Cairo Press.
• Zuhur, Sherifa, (2003). "Building a Man evince 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 in the Tight spot 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 from [2]Archived November 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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