Re: Phish Thread- Al Kol Aileh

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

I'm kind of new to this stuff myself, but far as I can tell, MA is a (in
his crowd) very famous Egyptian composer/singer who was in prominence
through the 40's, 50's, and 60's. Also, I posted to the list:


>And sometime while I was off at work Robert asked:
>
>>Eliezer,
>>
>>Can you tell us which song served as the basis of "Al Kol Aileh"?
>
>Sure- it's in the instrumental introduction to 'Al Habib Al Maghoul'-
Cairophon CXG CD 604. It's in a minor >key- Naomi Shemer changed it around
a little, but not much.
>               EK

To which I'd add- you can almost hear this melody over a radio from a
distant station late at night, broadcasting out of God knows where...

If my original post never made it to the list, I'd like to know.



At 04:51 PM 7/29/99 PDT, you wrote:
>Dear Eliezer Kaplan:  Please enlighten!   Who's M. A.?  From what song was 
>the melody borrowed?  Is it recorded, and if so, where?  When written?  
>About/means what?  Many thanks in advance--I _obsessively_ collect examples 
>of and info about contrafacta (borrowed melodies) and knew nothing about 
>this being one.--Robert Cohen
>
>
>>From: Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel (at) earthlink(dot)net>
>>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>>Subject: Phish Thread- Al Kol Aileh
>>Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 08:17:11 -0500
>>
>>Can you still call 'Al Kol Aileh' Jewish music even if you know the melody
>>was lifted from Mohammed Abdelwahab? (Guess so...)
>>              EK
>>
>>
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