Edmond Nathan Yafil (1874 – October 1928) was an Algerian composer.
Biography
Native Jew born in Algiers in 1874, Yafil began, as all the musicians of his time, by attending the
Moorish
The term Moor is an exonym used in European languages to designate the Muslim populations of North Africa (the Maghreb) and the Iberian Peninsula (particularly al-Andalus) during the Middle Ages.
Moors are not a single, distinct or self-defi ...
cafés of the old
Casbah Algiers places where perpetuated the tradition of
sanaa music, also referred to as
Andalusian classical music
Andalusi classical music (; ), also called Andalusi music or Arab-Andalusian music, is a genre of music originally developed in al-Andalus by the Muslim population of the region and the Moors. It then spread and influenced many different styles ...
.
He will collaborate with
Jules Rouanet and
Cheikh Sfindja on the cataloging of sanaa music and in theater with
Mahieddine Bachtarzi and
Ali Sellali.
He is buried at the
St. Eugene Cemetery.
Bibliography
* Répertoire de musique arabe et maure : collection de mélodies, ouvertures, noubet, chansons, préludes, etc. / recueillie par Edmond-Nathan Yafil, sous la direction de
Jules Rouanet.
References
External links
Biography*
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Christopher Silver, ''Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa'' (Stanford University Press, 2022).
1874 births
1928 deaths
Jewish musicologists
Algerian songwriters
Algerian composers
People from Casbah
Algerian Jews
19th-century musicologists
People of French Algeria
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