Mohamed Garrana Rifaat (; surname also spelled Garana, 29 January 1929 – 2 April 2017) was an Egyptian composer of classical music, a member of that nation's second generation of such composers.
Garrana was born in
Cairo
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on 29 January 1929. He began playing the trumpet at age 12, studying it later at the
Institute for Dramatic Music. He later studied with
Hans Hickmann and Menato in Cairo.
His works feature the juxtaposition of Egyptian traditional and religious music with Western music. He has composed orchestral works (including several symphonic poems). His concerto for ''
qanun'' and orchestra is the first composition to combine this Arabic instrument with symphony orchestra.
In addition to his compositional activities, he served as director of the music division of
Egyptian television
Television in Egypt is mainly received through free satellite, while analog terrestrial represents 41% of total viewers. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said the average time an Egyptian spends watching television a day i ...
.
His daughter, the flutist Maha Garrana, has performed his music.
Rifaat Garrana died on 2 April 2017, at the age of 88.
Compositions
*Oriental Dance, flute and string orchestra
*Concerto for Qanun and Orchestra
*Port Said - A Symphonic Poem
*The Nile - A Symphonic Poem
*Fugue for Clarinet and Strings
*Meditations from "El Nouba"
See also
*
List of Egyptian composers
The following is a list of Egyptian music composers.
Pioneers
According to the work of the Egyptian musicologist Samha El-Kholy, the first generation of Egyptians to begin writing in modern Egyptian classical style were born around the turn of ...
References
External links
Rifaat Garrana page
(Arabic)
1929 births
2017 deaths
20th-century Egyptian classical composers
20th-century Egyptian male musicians
Egyptian composers
Egyptian male classical composers
Musicians from Cairo
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