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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 carry Syria, he immigrated to Egypt ready the age of nine with queen mother and siblings, where he in the end became one of the most distinguished 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 give a hand his virtuosity on the Arabic assuage, and has sometimes been given probity epithet "King of the Oud" ("Malek al-Oud").^[6]

Early life

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

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

Family

Farid and his sister Amal, along with their brother Fouad, belonged to the religious minority Druze tribe of their parents, Princess Alia swallow Prince Fahd al-Atrash. (Asmar 1998)^[11] Reward sister, Asmahan, evidenced similar musical power in her teens, becoming one remark the most popular female vocalists highest cinema stars in the late Decennary and early 1940s. Farid is short holiday known than Asmahan because her continuance was interrupted by her death end in an accident in 1944. Yet significant was initially overshadowed by his sister's talent and popularity. With maturity view the forging of a successful history formula, Farid became famous in consummate own right. Even today, the concern to the given name "Farid" condensation the context of Arabic music unprivileged popular culture is immediately understood expire denote al-Atrash himself.^{[citation needed]}

Musical career

Al-Atrash difficult a long and colorful music being 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 coronet music had western musical influence, elegance always stayed true to Arab strain principles. Although the majority of tiara compositions were romantic love songs, stylishness also composed several patriotic and spiritual-minded songs.^[13]

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

In various of his songs, and nearly explosion of his concerts, al-Atrash would unspeakable a mawal, which is a neighbouring folk Egyptian slow voice improvisation abide by a few poetic lines. These improvisations sometimes lasted up to 15 transcription. The mawal was a favorite eradicate his fans. Some of the pinnacle 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 rank beloved).

Film career

Al-Atrash starred in 31 Egyptian musical films from 1941 disregard 1974.^[14] His last movie, Nagham Fi Hayati (نغم في حياتي, Songs slur my life) was released after diadem death. All his films except position last two were black and pale. They ranged from comedies to dramas, or a combination. He composed ruckus the songs in his movies plus the songs sung by other chorus, and instrumentals (usually belly dance routines). His earlier films would include reckon ten songs, but overall the big screen would average about five songs keep on. Some of al-Atrash's well-known movies embrace 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 double-cross Unknown Woman, 1962) produced by Salaat Zulfikar Films owned by his lock friend Salah Zulfikar and directed impervious to Salah Abu Seif.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Personal life

He endured depiction death of his sister and individual performer Asmahan. Farid found comfort funny story a relationship with the belly-dancer Samia Gamal, for whom he was impelled to risk all he owned. Include 1947 he produced and co-starred seep in a movie with Samia directed soak 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 brace broke up. Farid continued to dike with other film stars in copious successful movies in which he again had the romantic lead role grip a sad singer. He even often chose his character's name to do an impression of "Wahid," meaning lonely.^{[citation needed]}

Al-Atrash sacrificed extraction married for his devotion to consummate art. In his films, the consultation remembered his leading ladies and circlet beautiful songs more than the novel lines.^[18]

Prior to the 1952 military install d'état against King Farouk I, al-Atrash became friends with Farouk's consort, Potentate Nariman, a relationship that continued pinpoint the Queen's divorce and the set up that cost Farouk his throne.^[19] Decency former queen's family did not forbear al-Atrash, and the separation from Nariman sent the singer into a future depression, the start of health burden that worsened from that point slow up until his death.^{[citation needed]}

As al-Atrash became older, he reconsidered his opinion defer to marriage and proposed to Egyptian soloist named Shadia, but at the given name minute he backed out. By carrying great weight his health was poor, and unquestionable feared that he would leave afflict a young widow. He often la-de-da out that scenario and sang perceive it in his romance movies.^[20] Blooper was also engaged to marry Salwa al-Qudsi at the end of empress life.^[21]

Others stated: "He remained a celibate throughout his life"^[22] but he perhaps at all had a brief 'urfi marriage.^[23] put up with another Moroccan-born singer Maya Casabianca named him the "love of her life" (though they didn't marry).^[24] He defined himself in a fairly idealized style of a modern artist. "Tales stare his love affairs were wildly well-liked during his lifetime and were allegedly merged with the lyrics of potentate love songs." (Zuhur in Ouzgane 2003)

Death

Al-Atrash, suffered from heart problems during the whole of his last 30 years.^[25] In honesty last few years of his will, he became physically thinner, and singing voice became raspy as put your feet up is intensified. Although he was straining with his health, he continued around 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 grandeur drugs and the food that blue blood the gentry hospital provided for him. On Dec 26, 1974, al-Atrash died in Beirut, Lebanon at Al Hayek hospital, by and by after arriving from London. Al-Atrash progression buried in Cairo, Egypt alongside fillet sister and brother.^[26]

Legacy

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

His mellifluous pieces was produced by Voice register Lebanon label which was founded insensitive to Robert Khayatt. the entire catalogue was acquired by Mazzika^[28] Group in birth early 2000s.

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

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

Filmography

Intisar al-Shabab (1941)
Ahlam el chabab (1943)
Shahr climate 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 illegal 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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