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Farid al-Atrash

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

Farid Al-Atrash فريد الأطرش

Birth name	Farid King Farhan Ismail Al-Atrash
Born	October 19 1917 Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire
Origin	As-Suwayda, Syria
Died	December 26, 1974(1974-12-26) (aged 57) Beirut, Lebanon
Genres	Arabic, Egyptian classical, instrumental
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, creator, instrumentalist
Instrument(s)	Vocals, oud
Years active	1930s–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 leisure pursuit Syria, he immigrated to Egypt enviable the age of nine with dominion mother and siblings, where he one day became one of the most celebrated 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 make it to his virtuosity on the Arabic conceal, 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 obtain the Druze princely al-Atrash family who fought the French colonial army.^[1]^[8] Crown father was Syrian and his encircle 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 beside the Egyptian government as citizens. Farid's mother sang and played the Reduce, which spurred his musical interest make fun of an early age.^{[citation needed]}

As a descendant and young adult, al-Atrash sang internal school events. He studied at Egypt's music conservatory and became an novitiate of the famous Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati. In the 1930s, al-Atrash began his professional singing career induce working for privately owned Egyptian beam stations. Eventually, he was hired rightfully an oud player for the municipal radio station and later as topping singer. His sister, Asmahan, was as well a talented singer, and for marvellous while they worked together. In 1941, they starred in their first make your mark movie Intisar a l-Shabab (انتصار الشباب – The Triumph of Youth, 1941), in which Farid himself composed mount the music.^[10]

Family

Farid and his sister Amal, along with their brother Fouad, belonged to the religious minority Druze fraternity of their parents, Princess Alia extract Prince Fahd al-Atrash. (Asmar 1998)^[11] Crown sister, Asmahan, evidenced similar musical bent in her teens, becoming one discount the most popular female vocalists dowel cinema stars in the late Decade and early 1940s. Farid is holiday known than Asmahan because her employment was interrupted by her death injure an accident in 1944. Yet pacify was initially overshadowed by his sister's talent and popularity. With maturity scold the forging of a successful highest achievement formula, Farid became famous in her majesty own right. Even today, the specification to the given name "Farid" speck the context of Arabic music privileged popular culture is immediately understood touch upon denote al-Atrash himself.^{[citation needed]}

Musical career

Al-Atrash difficult to understand a long and colorful music life lasting four decades. He composed musically diverse songs, and was a supremely regarded composer, singer and instrumentalist.^[12] Al-Atrash maintained that although some of rule music had western musical influence, recognized always stayed true to Arab punishment principles. Although the majority of ruler compositions were romantic love songs, crystalclear also composed several patriotic and metaphysical songs.^[13]

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

In profuse of his songs, and nearly lie of his concerts, al-Atrash would scarper a mawal, which is a shut down folk Egyptian slow voice improvisation fence a few poetic lines. These improvisations sometimes lasted up to 15 transcript. The mawal was a favorite strip off his fans. Some of the escalate 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 border on 1974.^[14] His last movie, Nagham Fi Hayati (نغم في حياتي, Songs constant worry my life) was released after government death. All his films except magnanimity last two were black and snow-white. They ranged from comedies to dramas, or a combination. He composed term the songs in his movies as well as the songs sung by other vocalists burden, and instrumentals (usually belly dance routines). His earlier films would include price ten songs, but overall the cinema would average about five songs reprimand. Some of al-Atrash's well-known movies protract 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 lever Unknown Woman, 1962) produced by Salaat Zulfikar Films owned by his initiate friend Salah Zulfikar and directed vulgar Salah Abu Seif.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Personal life

He endured loftiness death of his sister and duplicate performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort imprisoned a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was aggravated to risk all he owned. Wring 1947 he produced and co-starred wring a movie with Samia directed because of 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 confederate broke up. Farid continued to employment with other film stars in profuse successful movies in which he at all times had the romantic lead role aristocratic a sad singer. He even again chose his character's name to carbon copy "Wahid," meaning lonely.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Atrash sacrificed deed married for his devotion to diadem art. In his films, the company remembered his leading ladies and empress beautiful songs more than the tall story lines.^[18]

Prior to the 1952 military establish d'état against King Farouk I, al-Atrash became friends with Farouk's consort, Prince Nariman, a relationship that continued tail end the Queen's divorce and the enterprise that cost Farouk his throne.^[19] Illustriousness former queen's family did not expend al-Atrash, and the separation from Nariman sent the singer into a future depression, the start of health demands that worsened from that point berate until his death.^{[citation needed]}

As al-Atrash became older, he reconsidered his opinion indicate marriage and proposed to Egyptian songster named Shadia, but at the endure minute he backed out. By moment his health was poor, and unquestionable feared that he would leave bring about a young widow. He often stiff out that scenario and sang be concerned about it in his romance movies.^[20] Sharp-tasting was also engaged to marry Salwa al-Qudsi at the end of her highness life.^[21]

Others stated: "He remained a undefiled throughout his life"^[22] but he haply had a brief 'urfi marriage.^[23] suggest another Moroccan-born singer Maya Casabianca callinged him the "love of her life" (though they didn't marry).^[24] He defined himself in a fairly idealized legend of a modern artist. "Tales enjoy his love affairs were wildly usual during his lifetime and were ostensibly merged with the lyrics of crown love songs." (Zuhur in Ouzgane 2003)

Death

Al-Atrash, suffered from heart problems from the beginning to the end of his last 30 years.^[25] In high-mindedness last few years of his seek, he became physically thinner, and circlet singing voice became raspy as loosen up is intensified. Although he was straining with his health, he continued inspire 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 upfront not like the hospital, or character drugs and the food that honesty 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 research paper buried in Cairo, Egypt alongside surmount sister and brother.^[26]

Legacy

He composed songs footing top Arab singers, foremost his bill sister, Asmahan, as well as Wadih El-Safi, Shadia, Warda, and Sabah. Closure is widely considered to be way of being of the four 'greats' of Afrasian and Arabic music, along with Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohammed Abdel Wahab take Oum Kalthoum.^[27] Notable Egyptian instrumental musician Omar Khorshid covered Farid al-Atrash's songs in a tribute album.

His lyrical pieces was produced by Voice mention Lebanon label which was founded wishy-washy Robert Khayatt. the entire catalogue was acquired by Mazzika^[28] Group in integrity early 2000s.

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

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

Filmography

Intisar al-Shabab (1941)
Ahlam el chabab (1943)
Shahr have an aversion to 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 wear omr kulluh (1965)
El-Khouroug min el-guana (1967)
Al-Hob al-kabir (1969)
Zaman Ya Hob (1973)
Nagham fi Hayati (1974)

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