February 1975-February 2010, exactly 35 years ago as Oum Kalthoum, the Egyptian diva has left us!
The singer, who has bewitched his enchanting voice and miraculous, millions of fans around the Arab world who she was and still is, the singer-worship. Named "Star of the Orient", the lady at the phenomenal voice that is said to emitted 14,000 vibrations per second (cons 4000 for a normal voice), is thirty-five years after his death, the singer's most revered, the most listened with tubes still recorded the highest rates of sales from publishers music, followed in this, the great classics of Arab music (especially Mohamed Abdelwahab, Abdelhalim Hafedh).
Oum Kalthoum has indeed left a rich repertoire of over 300 songs on various themes: love, nature, country, religion ... No singer since his disappearance in February 1975 could eclipse from a public lover of classical music and authentic Arabic. This little girl of peasant prodigy began his career by Koranic recitals and liturgical chants with his father when the imam of the village mosque. With its unique sounding voices, she could climb gradually steps of glory and attract the limelight by moving later to Cairo, where she made known the extent of her talent, helped in that, by this time known musicians such as Sheikh Abu Al-Ala. The chance was in her youth she met the greatest geniuses of music and poetry: The poet Ahmed Rami and Mohamed Kasabji virtuosos, Zakaria Ahmed, and Riadh Sambat which he wrote and composed a bunch of beautiful songs. Now she can sit on the throne of the Arabic song without encountering any competitor.
Concerts succeeded to such an extent that every month a new song was broadcast live on radio waves which branched into all his fans around the Arab world at the same time! With the emergence of Egyptian nationalism and the Free Officers revolution in 1952, Diva was the target of the nationalist press on the pretext that his songs were the source of inaction and indolence of the people and she was accused to be part of the rich class close to the royal court at the time. His songs were once banned from radio. It took the intervention of James Abdennasser, leader of the revolution and big fan of Oum Kalthoum, the diva to regain its popularity among Egyptians and Arabs.
Favourable change, she found her voice in an effective way to serve the Revolution and transmit its new values. She was a fervent supporter of building the new nation. Therefore, she alternated epic songs and love songs as well as classical Arabic dialect, songs written and composed by the greatest poets and musicians the new generation that shook the audience throughout the Arab world. After the crushing defeat of the Six Day War in 1967, the diva was forced to make an Arab tour to collect money to help his country ruined by war. She organized concerts in several countries including Tunisia in 1968. Outside the Arab world, she went to Paris where she gave a concert at the Olympia remained memorable and which was attended by French President Charles De Gaulle, who had said at the end of the concert, addressing Oum Kalthoum: "My heart trembled and that of all French people to listen of your voice! "On February 5, 1975, the voice of Umm Kalthoum extinguished forever. But his death was still closer to its fans that continue from generation to generation, listening to his songs and get carried away with his sublime voice in a world of dreams and escape.
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