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Baligh Hamdi ( ; 7 October 1931 – 12 September 1993) was an Egyptian
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who created and composed many hit songs for several singers in the
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, especially during the 1960s and 1970s. He composed Warda's most famous songs, and the two got married for a long period.


Early years

Baligh Abdel Hamid Hamdi Morsi was born on 7 October 1931 in the
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district of
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. His father was a professor of physics at King Fuad I University (now
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). He learned to play the violin at age nine, and the oud two or three years later. He took music lessons with a variety of teachers throughout childhood and teenage years. He became a professional musician in 1954 at age 22. Immediately prior to that, he had been a law student, and he chose to not complete the studies for the law degree. He started his musician career as singer. But very soon he turned to composing, and his compositions got good acceptance in the mid-1950s. In the late 1950s, the then-famous
Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum (; 31 December 1898 – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptians, Egyptian singer and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title (). Immensely popular throughout the Middle East and beyond, Umm Kul ...
sang his composition "Hob Eih" and it was a hit. Some other of Baligh Hamdi's early compositional successes include "Why no", sung by Faydah Kamel, the song "Ma Tehbneesh Be El Shakl Da (Don't love me like that)" performed by Fayza Ahmed, and the song "Tkhounoh ( ow do youBetray y heart" by Abdel Halim Hafez. For the next two decades he was by far one of the most popular, successful, and productive composers not only in Egypt but within the entire region. His fame and legacy stay very strong in his native Egypt till this day.


Egyptian Folk Inspiration

Baligh Hamdi frequently said that he drew upon musical ideas and aesthetics in Egyptian folk melodies and rhythms in composing his songs. He also drew on ideas that were floating around in the contemporary music of his time. His sound has a classical flavor due to the heavy use of the string orchestra. But he also made some use of electronic keyboards and guitars in harmony with the strings, or alternating with the strings, in many songs. His best work is published as recordings under the name of the singer. The singers include
Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum (; 31 December 1898 – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptians, Egyptian singer and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title (). Immensely popular throughout the Middle East and beyond, Umm Kul ...
, Abdel Halim Hafez,
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, Layla Murad, Najat Al Saghira, Fayza Ahmed, Warda (whom he was married to for a decade),
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, and other singers. He had also collaborated with the legendary singer Aziza Jalal who promoted her songs Mestaniak and Haramt El Hob Alaya one of the best arabic songs in the 80s. The song "Mestaniak" remained on the top of the charts on many Arab TV and radio stations for many years. Mestaniak was a commercial success, topping the record charts and Alam Al Fan Company has also sold millions of copies of the song by the diva Aziza Jalal., Not to mention his precious contribution in soundtracks of feature films including the award winning film; A Taste of Fear (1969), which was listed in the CIFF Top hundred Egyptian films.


Songs composed

*Khosara Khosara, words written by Mamoun Shanawi (1957) *Hob Ayeh, words written by Abdul Wahab Mohammed (1960) *Ansak Ya Salam, words written by Mamoun Shanawi (1961) *Zalamna El Hob, words written by Abdul Wahab Mohammed (1961) * Seret El Hob, words written by Morsy Gameel Aziz (1964) *Kol Lilah We Kol Youm, words written by Mamoun Shanawi (1964) *Rise people and the spirit and conscience, words written by Abdul Wahab Mohammed (1962) *the transfer of the Nile, words written by Abdul Wahab Mohammed (1962) *Bied Anak, words written by Mamoun Shanawi (1965) *Ena Fedayeen, words written by Abdel Fattah Mustafa (1967) *Ana we Enta zalamna el Hobb words my Abdel Wahab Mohamed * Fat El Ma'ad, words written by Morsy Gameel Aziz (1967) *Alf Leilah Wa Leilah, words written by Morsy Gameel Aziz (1969) *El Hob Kolloh, words written by Ahmed Shafiq Kamel (1970) * El-Ouyoun El-Soud, with Mohamed Hamza (1972) *Hakam Alina El Howa, words written by Abdel Wahab Mohamed (1973) Presented to Abdel Halim Hafez some of the finest music since the end of the sixties and even the mid-seventies of them (Gana El Howa/ El Toba / Mououd / Sawah / Tkhounoh / Habibaty Man Takon / Maddah El Kamar / Zay El Howa / Hawel Teftikerni / Ay demat Hozn / Ada El Nahar / Fedai / Ash Elly Kal). Presented to singer Warda Al-Jazairia, including the Ghent (Khaleek Hena / Low Salok / Black Eyes / Mali / Dandanah / Ashtrony / Hekaity ma el zaman). Baligh Hamdi contributed in one way or another the development and revival of the musical theater provided most of the work: Operetta "Egypt Bride," and the
operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...
"Tmarahnp", "Yassin, I have," also wrote several songs, including: (Love that was - I Bahqk of Mayada Al Henawy), and "Bawadaak" rose to as defined by discovering many of the singers and the singers, especially from Arab countries. Hamdi eloquent cooperation with Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi and Mohamed Rushdie introduced in the early sixties with all types of Egyptian folklore providing a set number of songs together, including (Adaweya / Baladiat / Wasai Llnoor), also providing to Mohammed Rushdie others (METI Ashofak/Ala el Ramla / Moghram Sabiah/ Tayer Ya-hwa).


Film scores


Film

* A Taste of Fear * Sons of Silence * Roadless Traveller * Old Time * Ah Ya Leil Ya Zaman * City Lights


Television

* Mouths and Rabbits * RIA and Sekina * Almedk Alley * Halawani Gate


Jay-Z's unauthorized use of Khosara Khosara

Baligh Hamdy's heir claimed that
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used the melody from ''Khosara Khosara'' in his 2000 hit Big Pimpin'. On 30 March 2015 a judge in California set the issue for trial. On 21 October 2015 US district judge Christina Snyder abruptly dismissed the lawsuit against Jay Z and his producer Timbaland before it went to a jury, ruling that the heir of an Egyptian composer lacked the right to pursue a copyright infringement claim.


References


External links


Biography of Baligh Hamdi at WardaOnline.com
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