1. Baligh Hamdi was an Egyptian composer who created and composed many hit songs for several singers in the Arab world, especially during the 1960s and 1970s.
13 Facts About Baligh Hamdi
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Baligh Hamdi composed Warda's most famous songs, and the two got married for a long period.
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Baligh Abdel Hamid Hamdi Morsi was born on 7 October 1931 in the Shubra district of Cairo.
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Baligh Hamdi's father was a professor of physics at King Fuad I University.
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Baligh Hamdi learned to play the violin at age nine, and the oud two or three years later.
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Baligh Hamdi took music lessons with a variety of teachers throughout childhood and teenage years.
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Baligh Hamdi became a professional musician in 1954 at age 22.
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Baligh Hamdi frequently said that he drew upon musical ideas and aesthetics in Egyptian folk melodies and rhythms in composing his songs.
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Baligh Hamdi drew on ideas that were floating around in the contemporary music of his time.
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Baligh Hamdi's sound has a classical flavor due to the heavy use of the string orchestra.
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Baligh Hamdi had collaborated with the legendary singer Aziza Jalal who promoted her songs Mestaniak and Haramt El Hob Alaya one of the best arabic songs in the 80s.
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Baligh Hamdi was one of the most frequent composer for songs for Egypt and his love to it, even he sang some of it personally.
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Baligh Hamdi produced music for many films, plays and television soap operas and radio mention.