Interesting Facts about Egyptian-Syrian composer Farid al-Atrash
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Search engine giant Google celebrates the 110th birthday of Syrian-Egyptian musician and King of the Oud Farid al-Atrash (فريد الأطرش, Farid El-Atrache) with Google Doodle on October 19, 2020.
Google Doodle on Farid al-Atrash’s 110th Birthday
Here’s a look at the life and work of Arabic singer Farid al-Atrash.
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Birthname: Farid Fahd Farhan Ismail Al-Atrash (فريد فهد فرحان إسماعيل الأطرش) Birthdate: October 19, 1910 Birthplace: Vilayet of Syria, Ottoman Empire Died on: December 26, 1974 (aged 64) Death place: Beirut, Lebanon Father name: Fahd al-Atrash Mother name: Alia Bint al-Mundhir Nationality: Syrian-Egyptian Famous As: Singer, actor, composer, instrumentalist Genres: Arabic, Egyptian classical, instrumental Instruments: Vocals, oud
Interesting Facts about Farid al-Atrash (فريد الأطرش)
Farid El-Atrache was a Syrian-Egyptian composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor.
Farid al-Atrash (فريد الأطرش) studied in a music studio as a child and became a disciple to composer Riad Al Sunbati.
Having moved to Egypt in childhood Farid al-Atrash left on an exceptionally successful career spreading over four decades — recording 500 songs and featuring in 31 films.
Through recordings of his concerts, sometimes referred to as King of the Oud, Farid al-Atrash is one of the most significant figures of 20th-century Arab music.
At first, in the mid-1930s, he sang and played on private radio stations, and he became the assistant of the Egyptian musician and composer Riad Al Sunbati.
Farid al-Atrash (فريد الأطرش) additionally started to perform at the amazing nightclub of the belly dancer and actress Badia Masabny.
The musical style of his songs, which he himself composed, was essentially oriental-Arabic.
In 1947, Farid al-Atrash created and co-featured in a film with Samia directed by Henri Barakat; Habib al-‘Oumr (“The love of my life,” 1947), which became an immense achievement.
His first album Ahla Ma Ghana Farid Al Atrash 1 released many years back, he was 26 years of age. There were 8 songs on this album.
At the point when his last album Taqasim El Rabie released, he was 104 years of age.
Farid al-Atrash’s best movies are Immortal Song (1952), The Love of My Life (1947), I Have No One But You (1959), Nagham Fi Hayaty (1975), and The Shore of Love (1974).
His famous songs are Awel Hamsa, El Haya Helwa, and Noura Ya Noura.
In a significant number of his songs and almost the entirety of his concerts, al-Atrash would sing a mawal, which is a neighborhood people Egyptian slow voice improvisation of a few poetic lines.
Farid al-Atrash (فريد الأطرش) featured in 31 Egyptian musical movies from 1941 to 1974.
Al-Atrash experienced heart issues all through his last 30 years.
His last film, Nagham Fi Hayati (نغم في حياتي, Songs in my life) was released after his death.
Farid al-Atrash (فريد الأطرش) died on December 26, 1974, in Beirut, Lebanon at Al Hayek hospital, soon after coming from London. Al-Atrash is buried in Cairo, Egypt close by his sister and brother.
Over his lifetime, al-Atrash featured in 31 movies and recorded around 500 songs.
Farid al-Atrash composed songs for top Arab singers, leading his own sister, Asmahan, as well as Wadih El-Safi, Shadia, Warda, and Sabah.
He is generally viewed as one of the four ‘greats’ of Egyptian and Arabic music, alongside Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and Oum Kalthoum.
Prominent Egyptian instrumental guitarist Omar Khorshid covered Farid al-Atrash’s songs in a tribute album.
On October 19, 2020, Google Doodle praised Farid al-Atrash’s 110th Birthday.
