Arabic Music Respite

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If you are fed up and want to have a relief from both mundane stress and what you watch/hear/read everywhere, you are welcome to join me. I do not know about you, but I like listening to classical music in general and Arabic Music in particular. Hence, in this post, I am going to place two melodies by the Egyptian musician “Omar Khairat (Arabic: عمر خيرت)” who was born in 1949.

For those who know nothing about him, Omar Khairat earned his degree from ‘Cairo Conservatoire’ and continued his studies in ‘Trinity College of Music’. He is well known for Egyptians and Arabs -both inside and outside the Middle East- with his compositions; either his own melodies or the ones that were written for famous Egyptians films, drama and plays in the last quarter of the 20^th century. Furthermore, his uncle was the Egyptian architect “Abu Bakr Khairat (Arabic: أبو بكر خيرت)” who was among the first generation of classical music in Egypt and who became the first dean for Cairo Conservatoire from 1959 to 1963.

“If a composer could say what he had to say in words, he would not bother trying to say it in music.” ~ [Gustav Mahler]

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Although it is hard to pick among his various melodies, I am sharing these two and hope you will enjoy them. This First piece entitled ‘A Storm In Spring (Arabic: ربيع في العاصفة)’. The second one entitled ‘Emta El-Zaman (Arabic: امتى الزمان)’ which is a contemporary remix for an old Arabic song by Mohammed Abdel Wahab (Arabic: محمد عبد الوهاب) with the same name.

[Can not see the video? Check it over YouTube]

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on November 24, 2009 | 5:30 PM

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Hesham
November 24th, 2009 @ 20:16

Allah ya bo Hicham This is very nice music sad as I like it!
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- Hicham
  November 30th, 2009 @ 19:40
  
  Hesham: I am glad that you like them. OOPS! Just discovered that I missed replying your comment!
  
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ze2red
November 25th, 2009 @ 07:00

chapeau Hicham
Omar khayrat is my favorite, i go to the opera to listen to his music. you really captured my attention here, and “emta el zaman”, is my number one piece… begad merci.

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- Hicham
  November 28th, 2009 @ 17:15
  
  Ze2red: Amazing performance and I still recall one of his Opera concerts
  
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Mohaly
November 26th, 2009 @ 03:35

touching music indeed… u know music can set, change, and reinforce ur mood, a very powerful tool if used right,.
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- Hicham
  November 28th, 2009 @ 17:16
  
  Mohaly: I do believe so too
  
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timethief
November 26th, 2009 @ 04:33

I liked both videos but the music in the second one was wonderful. I loved it. Thank you.
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- Hicham
  November 28th, 2009 @ 17:17
  
  timethief: I liked the 2nd one too since it combines eastern and western music by playing on their various equipments
  
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Abdo
November 28th, 2009 @ 02:40

Amazing Pieces thanks for sharing Hicham
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- Hicham
  November 28th, 2009 @ 17:18
  
  Abdo: You are mostly welcomed
  
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