Ezeregy dal, amit érdemes meghallgatni: 0189 Umm Kulthum: Al-atlal (1966) Writer: | Riyad al-Sunbati, Ibrahim Naji Producer: | Uncredited Label: | Sono Cairo Album | El Atlal (1966) Umm Kulthum (whose name is also transcribed as Oum Kalthoum, Kalthum, or Khalsoum) was the most renowned Arab singer of the twentieth century. On her death, in 1975, nearly four million mourners filled Cairo’s streets. Out of her vast legacy of recordings, “Al-atlal” (The Ruins) is widely considered the most iconic, although it was captured quite late in her career, when her voice was arguably past its peak. Even so, she had to stand six feet back from her microphone. Kulthum had complete mastery of Arab scales (maqamat), and her singing was imbued with shaggan, or emotional yearning. By 1966, she was moving away from classical Egyptian music toward more modern formats, although “Al-atlal” uses complex traditional Arab scales. After the lengthy, moaning intro, where a large, swooning Egyptian orchestra answers her melismatic phrases, a modern dance rhythm takes over. The words combine two poems by Dr. Ibrahim Naji, and supposedly concern a disintegrating love affair, full of tragic but luminous images (“we outran our own shadows”). However, the song was widely interpreted as an extended metaphor for disillusionment with the Nasser government. Also in 1966, Kulthum made her only public appearance outside the Middle East. During a marathon six-hour concert in Paris, she sang just three pieces, one of which was “Al-atlal.” youtu.be/Go-3AN-m2gI
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