{"id":576846,"date":"2020-11-06T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/11\/06\/music-a-legacy-of-national-pride\/"},"modified":"2020-11-06T07:00:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T07:00:34","slug":"music-a-legacy-of-national-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/11\/06\/music-a-legacy-of-national-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Music: A legacy of national pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Abdel Halim Hafez: The \u2018Dark-Skinned Nightingale\u2019 who poured his emotions into <\/strong><strong>song:<\/strong> Singer, composer and actor Abdel Halim Hafez reached the zenith of his popularity in the 50s, 60s and 70s, but remains inextricably linked in many minds with both the <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.cornell.edu\/MidEastCinema\/Egypt#:~:text=Background,of%20playing%20strongly%20typed%20parts.\">golden age<\/a> of Egyptian cinema and the 1952 revolution. Trained at the Arabic Music Institute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/term\/AUTH226116\">he is considered<\/a> one of the great musicians of the Arab world. His career as a performer started with him playing the oboe at the Egyptian National Radio Station, training which proved instrumental in him learning how to control his breathing as a singer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hafez\u2019s status as an icon was cemented by his ability to capture emotion through his voice<\/strong>, which wasn\u2019t necessarily very strong but has been lauded for its feeling and <a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/entertainment\/arts-culture\/the-legacy-of-the-dark-skinned-nightingale-1.1999415#:~:text=During%20Abdul%20Halim%20Hafez's%2520career,Egypt%2520and%2520the%2520Arab%2520world.\">described as<\/a> \u201cthe sound of resilience\u201d. He appeared in 16 musical films, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/4\/46645\/Hafez-The-forever-alive-Dark-Skinned-Nightingale\">which contained<\/a> some of his most popular songs, including \u201cAhwak\u201d (I Adore You), \u201cBetloomoni Leh\u201d (Why Do You Blame Me) and \u201cMaw\u2019ood\u201d (Promised). He was also known as the voice of the 1952 revolution, thanks to his patriotic songs.<\/p>\n<p class='web-image'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2020\/10\/Umm-Kalthoum-ad-1600px.jpg?ssl=1\" alt='enterprise'><\/p>\n<p>(xxLM) <strong>Umm Kalthoum: An unparalleled musical and cultural icon:<\/strong> Almost a century after her arrival in Cairo, Umm Kalthoum\u2019s musical presence and legacy remain a ubiquitous part of the city. Recordings of her songs can be heard in taxis, shops, restaurants and public events, her voice forming a backdrop to Cairo\u2019s bustle and guaranteed to provoke emotion in Egyptians irrespective of age and background.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical prowess and range contributed to her popularity: <\/strong>Umm Kalthoum had a powerful contralto voice that enabled her to perform to huge audiences without a microphone. Her vocal range was significant and she played with the scales and melodic phrases used in traditional Arabic music, to the delight of her audience. She was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2020\/feb\/28\/she-exists-out-of-time-umm-kulthum-arab-musics-eternal-star\">described by Maria Callas<\/a> as \u201cthe incomparable voice.\u201d Her career spanned 60 years, during which time she recorded about 300 songs, often exploring themes of love, loss and national identity. Some of these were based on complex Arabic poetry, while others embraced popular Egyptian music of the 1940s and 50s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This diversity helped to fuel her broad appeal:<\/strong> Umm Kalthoum was beloved by both the elite and crowds of ordinary people throughout the region, and streets would regularly empty as they rushed home to hear her sing during weekly live broadcasts that ran for almost 40 years. She embodied pan-Arabism, and her strategic, mutually beneficial working relationship with Gamal Abdel Nasser enabled both to promote their shared views about Arab unity and national identity. Umm Kalthoum\u2019s global musical influence has also been profound, with Led Zeppelin\u2019s Robert Plant once saying she had \u201cblown a hole in the wall of my understanding of vocals.\u201d Still, the artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-fanarmedia.org\/2020\/03\/umm-kulthum-a-tribute-to-a-legendary-voice-of-egypt\/\">known as \u201cEgypt\u2019s fourth pyramid\u201d<\/a> only performed once in Europe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XPGHpBOt5sE\">at L\u2019Olympia in Paris in 1967<\/a>. She later said of this event, \u201cNo one can describe the extent of my pride when I went to Paris, stood in the middle of Europe, and raised my voice in the name of Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"grey-line\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdel Halim Hafez: The \u2018Dark-Skinned Nightingale\u2019 who poured his emotions into song: Singer, composer and actor Abdel Halim Hafez reached the zenith of his popularity in the 50s, 60s and 70s, but remains inextricably linked in many minds with both the golden age of Egyptian cinema and the 1952 revolution. 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