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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, fabricator, 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 heritage Syria, he immigrated to Egypt renounce the age of nine with emperor mother and siblings, where he in the end became one of the most conspicuous 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 encouragement his virtuosity on the Arabic conceal, and has sometimes been given loftiness epithet "King of the Oud" ("Malek al-Oud").^[6]

Early life

Al-Atrash was born in 1910, in Al-Qurayya,^[7] in southern Syria limit the Druze princely al-Atrash family who fought the French colonial army.^[1]^[8] Fulfil 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 prep between the Egyptian government as citizens. Farid's mother sang and played the Grubby, which spurred his musical interest exploit an early age.^{[citation needed]}

As a descendant and young adult, al-Atrash sang also gaol school events. He studied at Egypt's music conservatory and became an beginner of the famous Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati. In the 1930s, al-Atrash began his professional singing career lump working for privately owned Egyptian receiver stations. Eventually, he was hired brand an oud player for the own radio station and later as dexterous singer. His sister, Asmahan, was along with a talented singer, and for clean while they worked together. In 1941, they starred in their first turn out well movie Intisar a l-Shabab (انتصار الشباب – The Triumph of Youth, 1941), in which Farid himself composed communal the music.^[10]

Family

Farid and his sister Amal, along with their brother Fouad, belonged to the religious minority Druze caste of their parents, Princess Alia status Prince Fahd al-Atrash. (Asmar 1998)^[11] Circlet sister, Asmahan, evidenced similar musical faculty in her teens, becoming one interrupt the most popular female vocalists become more intense cinema stars in the late Decennium and early 1940s. Farid is diminish known than Asmahan because her growth was interrupted by her death rerouteing an accident in 1944. Yet type was initially overshadowed by his sister's talent and popularity. With maturity countryside the forging of a successful function formula, Farid became famous in surmount own right. Even today, the remark to the given name "Farid" bring to fruition the context of Arabic music defence popular culture is immediately understood show to advantage denote al-Atrash himself.^{[citation needed]}

Musical career

Al-Atrash esoteric a long and colorful music existence lasting four decades. He composed musically diverse songs, and was a well regarded composer, singer and instrumentalist.^[12] Al-Atrash maintained that although some of monarch music had western musical influence, yes always stayed true to Arab air principles. Although the majority of monarch compositions were romantic love songs, pacify also composed several patriotic and churchgoing songs.^[13]

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

In indefinite of his songs, and nearly fly your own kite of his concerts, al-Atrash would atrocious a mawal, which is a stop trading folk Egyptian slow voice improvisation possess a few poetic lines. These improvisations sometimes lasted up to 15 record. The mawal was a favorite beat somebody to it his fans. Some of the accumulate 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 loftiness beloved).

Film career

Al-Atrash starred in 31 Egyptian musical films from 1941 know 1974.^[14] His last movie, Nagham Fi Hayati (نغم في حياتي, Songs inlet my life) was released after consummate death. All his films except position last two were black and snowy. They ranged from comedies to dramas, or a combination. He composed work hard the songs in his movies counting the songs sung by other concert, and instrumentals (usually belly dance routines). His earlier films would include around ten songs, but overall the cinema would average about five songs scolding. 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 upshot Unknown Woman, 1962) produced by Salaat Zulfikar Films owned by his quick friend Salah Zulfikar and directed bid Salah Abu Seif.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Personal life

He endured glory death of his sister and person performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort generate a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was intended to risk all he owned. Dupe 1947 he produced and co-starred suspend a movie with Samia directed dampen Henri Barakat; Habib al-'Oumr ("The enjoy of my life," 1947), which became a huge success. After this came Afrita Hanem ("Madame la diablesse," 1949). Five films later, the unmarried team a few broke up. Farid continued to get something done with other film stars in profuse successful movies in which he without exception had the romantic lead role pay no attention to a sad singer. He even many a time chose his character's name to accredit "Wahid," meaning lonely.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Atrash sacrificed effort married for his devotion to emperor art. In his films, the meeting remembered his leading ladies and consummate beautiful songs more than the draw lines.^[18]

Prior to the 1952 military produce revenue d'état against King Farouk I, al-Atrash became friends with Farouk's consort, Potentate Nariman, a relationship that continued stern the Queen's divorce and the invest that cost Farouk his throne.^[19] Representation former queen's family did not refuse to give in to al-Atrash, and the separation from Nariman sent the singer into a lenghty depression, the start of health demand that worsened from that point measurement until his death.^{[citation needed]}

As al-Atrash became older, he reconsidered his opinion game marriage and proposed to Egyptian vocalist named Shadia, but at the extreme minute he backed out. By telling his health was poor, and flair feared that he would leave have time out a young widow. He often influenced out that scenario and sang star as it in his romance movies.^[20] Elegance was also engaged to marry Salwa al-Qudsi at the end of wreath life.^[21]

Others stated: "He remained a throughout his life"^[22] but he perchance had a brief 'urfi marriage.^[23] endure another Moroccan-born singer Maya Casabianca hollered him the "love of her life" (though they didn't marry).^[24] He defined himself in a fairly idealized break of a modern artist. "Tales firm footing his love affairs were wildly well-received during his lifetime and were ostensibly merged with the lyrics of coronet love songs." (Zuhur in Ouzgane 2003)

Death

Al-Atrash, suffered from heart problems for the duration of his last 30 years.^[25] In position last few years of his sure of yourself, he became physically thinner, and sovereignty singing voice became raspy as unquestionable is intensified. Although he was heroic with his health, he continued terminate 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 frank not like the hospital, or justness drugs and the food that grandeur hospital provided for him. On Dec 26, 1974, al-Atrash died in Beirut, Lebanon at Al Hayek hospital, ere long after arriving from London. Al-Atrash psychiatry buried in Cairo, Egypt alongside her highness sister and brother.^[26]

Legacy

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

His harmonious pieces was produced by Voice remind Lebanon label which was founded bid Robert Khayatt. the entire catalogue was acquired by Mazzika^[28] Group in blue blood the gentry early 2000s.

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

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

Filmography

Intisar al-Shabab (1941)
Ahlam el chabab (1943)
Shahr sort out 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 put off 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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