Added: Oct 9, 2008

From: RobertDominkovic

Duration: 3:50

Om (or Oum, Omm, Omme, Oom, Um, Umm) Kalsoum (or Kalsum, Kaltsoum, Kalthoum, Kalthum, Kalthoom, Khalsoum, Khalsum, Khalthoum, Khalthum, Kaltoum, Kolsoum, Kolsum, Kolthoum, Kolthum, Kolthom, Koolsum, Koulsoum, Koulsoun, Koulthoum, Kultum, Kulthum, Kulthume, Kelthoom) UMM KULTHUM (THE STAR OF THE EAST) Egyptian-born voice of Arabs: Umm Kulthum (1898-1975): Umm Kulthum is the Arab world's most famous and distinguished singer of the 20th Century. Few Westerners ever fathomed the appeal of Umm Kulthum, the buxom, handkerchief-waving Egyptian singer who was known to her Middle Eastern fans as The Nightingale of the Nile. She had a stentorian contralto and a quavering wail that grated on the ears of those attuned to the trills of opera divas. Not only was her voice strong, but she perfected a technique of rephrasing passages. She once sang a single line in 52 different ways — that drove audiences to rapture. Her voice was a near-perfect instrument for expressing the sinuous quarter tones of Arabic music.

Channel: Music

Tags: (nazara)  howa  improvisation  kalthoum  oum  saheeh 

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