حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Din
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1964released
Aiga Denos AilangaAiga Denos Ailanga (Give Back My Heart)1964
traditionalHamza El Din
SongLP · Concert · CD
Dates
- Album released
- 19641
Details
- Music
- تراثtraditional5
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertMusic of Nubia (Vanguard, 1964)Nubiana Suite - Live in Tokyo (King Records, 1990)
- Medium
- LP · Concert · CD
- Releases
- Vanguard VRS-9164 (mono, matrix VRS 9164A SR / VRS 9164B SR) ; Vanguard VSD-79164 (stereo, matrix VSD-79164A SR / VSD-79164B SR) (A3) ; live: King Records KICP 87 (1990) LP · CD12Vanguard LP represses (1965, 1967, 1971) LP3CD Vanguard VMD 79164 (1991) CD3A Journey, compilation (Vanguard/King KICP 28, Japan, 1990-05-21)3
On YouTube
1964released
Desse BaramaDesse Barama (Peace)1964
traditional; arranged by Hamza El Din, per Shanachie 1996 creditHamza El Din
SongLP · Concert
About the song
صدر أداء حيّ لها من مهرجان نيوبورت للموسيقى الشعبية في يوليو 1964 في ألبوم «نيوبورت فولك فستيفال 1964 – إيفنينغ كونسرتس، الجزء الثاني».
A live performance from the Newport Folk Festival of July 1964 was issued on the album Newport Folk Festival 1964 – Evening Concerts Vol. 2.
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- Other date
- 1964-07-23–1964-07-26أداء حيّ في مهرجان نيوبورت للموسيقى الشعبيةlive performance at the Newport Folk Festival
- Album released
- 19641
Details
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- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertMusic of Nubia (Vanguard, 1964)Newport Folk Festival 1964 (live)مهرجان نيوبورت للموسيقى الشعبية 1964Newport Folk Festival 1964Concert
- Medium
- LP · Concert
- Releases
- Vanguard VRS-9164 (mono, matrix VRS 9164A SR / VRS 9164B SR) ; Vanguard VSD-79164 (stereo, matrix VSD-79164A SR / VSD-79164B SR) (A2) ; live version: Vanguard VRS-9185 Newport Folk Festival 1964 - Evening Concerts Vol. 2 (1965, side B track 5, 3:40) LP12Vanguard VTH1706 (set)African Tranquility (Shanachie 64076, 1996)5Vanguard LP represses (1965, 1967, 1971) LP3CD Vanguard VMD 79164 (1991) CD3A Journey, compilation (Vanguard/King KICP 28, Japan, 1990-05-21)3Africa North (Hearts of Space, 1999)
On YouTube
1964released
Fegir NedanFegir Nedan (Call To Worship)1964
traditionalHamza El Din
ReligiousLP
About the song
Also listed as: Call To Worship
Dates
- Album released
- 19641
Details
- Music
- تراثtraditional6
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- Genre
- دينيReligious
- Medium
- LP
- Releases
- Vanguard VRS-9164 (mono, matrix VRS 9164A SR / VRS 9164B SR) ; Vanguard VSD-79164 (stereo, matrix VSD-79164A SR / VSD-79164B SR) (side A track 1) LP12Vanguard LP represses (1965, 1967, 1971) LP3CD Vanguard VMD 79164 (1991) CD3A Journey, compilation (Vanguard/King KICP 28, Japan, 1990-05-21)3Vanguard compilation Tranquility (VCD 79744, 2004)5
On YouTube
1964released
Hoi To Irkil FagiuHoi To Irkil Fagiu (The Message Bearer)1964
Hamza El Din
SongLP
About the song
عزفُ الكونترباص في هذا التسجيل من ألبوم «Music of Nubia» (1964) لأحمد عبد الملك. وسجّلها حمزة علاء الدين مرة ثانية لألبوم «Al Oud» (1965).
The string bass on this track on the album Music of Nubia (1964) is played by Aḥmad ʻAbd al-Malik. Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn recorded it a second time for the album Al Oud (1965).
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Details
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- Musicians
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Medium
- LP
- Releases
- Vanguard VRS-9164 (mono, matrix VRS 9164A SR / VRS 9164B SR) ; Vanguard VSD-79164 (stereo, matrix VSD-79164A SR / VSD-79164B SR) (A4, 6:48) ; Vanguard VRS-9194 / VSD-79194 Al Oud (1965, B1, 4:17, as 'The Message Bearer (Hoi To Irkil Fa Giu)') LP12Vanguard LP represses (1965, 1967, 1971) LP3CD Vanguard VMD 79164 (1991) CD3A Journey, compilation (Vanguard/King KICP 28, Japan, 1990-05-21)3
On YouTube
1964released
Kuto Fa PattaroniKuto Fa Pattaroni (Children's Songs)1964
traditionalHamza El Din
Children's songLP
Dates
- Album released
- 19641
Details
- Music
- تراثtraditional4
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنية أطفالChildren's song
- Medium
- LP
- Releases
- Vanguard VRS-9164 (mono, matrix VRS 9164A SR / VRS 9164B SR) ; Vanguard VSD-79164 (stereo, matrix VSD-79164A SR / VSD-79164B SR) (B1) LP12Vanguard LP represses (1965, 1967, 1971) LP3CD Vanguard VMD 79164 (1991) CD3A Journey, compilation (Vanguard/King KICP 28, Japan, 1990-05-21)3
On YouTube
1964released
NabraNabra (Raw Gold)1964
Hamza El Dinمحي الدين شريف
SongLP · Concert · CD
About the song
«Nabra» هو الاسم الذي عُرفت به زوجة حمزة علاء الدين. غنّاها أغنيةَ حب في حفله في جامعة واشنطن يوم 5 ديسمبر 1978، وسجّلها من جديد عام 1996 بعنوان «Nabra (Gold Ore)».
Nabra was the name by which Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn's wife was known. He sang it as a love song at his University of Washington concert of 5 December 1978, and recorded it again in 1996 as 'Nabra (Gold Ore)'.
Also listed as: Nabra (Gold Ore)4
Dates
Details
- Music
- لا يُذكر الملحّن إلا في مجموعة صدرت عام 2003 تستعمل تسجيل 1996.The composer is credited only on a 2003 compilation that uses the 1996 recording.
- Words
- محي الدين شريفMahi al-Din Sharif5لا يُذكر كاتب الكلمات إلا في مجموعة صدرت عام 2003 تستعمل تسجيل 1996.The lyricist is credited only on a 2003 compilation that uses the 1996 recording.
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Theme
- الحبlove7
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertMusic of Nubia (Vanguard, 1964)Available Sound - Darius (Lotus, 1996)
- Medium
- LP · Concert · CD
- Releases
- Vanguard VRS-9164 (mono, matrix VRS 9164A SR / VRS 9164B SR) ; Vanguard VSD-79164 (stereo, matrix VSD-79164A SR / VSD-79164B SR) (B3, 6:33) ; Lotus Records LR 9621CD (1996, track 5, 'Nabra - Gold Ore') LP · CD12The Rough Guide To The Music Of Egypt (2003), using the 1996 recording 'Nabra (Gold Ore)'4Vanguard LP represses (1965, 1967, 1971) LP3CD Vanguard VMD 79164 (1991) CD3A Journey, compilation (Vanguard/King KICP 28, Japan, 1990-05-21)3
1964released
NubalaNubala (Nubiana)1964
traditionalHamza El Din
SongLP
Dates
- Album released
- 19641
Details
- Music
- تراثtraditional5
- Sung by
- Musicians
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Medium
- LP
- Releases
- Vanguard VRS-9164 (mono, matrix VRS 9164A SR / VRS 9164B SR) ; Vanguard VSD-79164 (stereo, matrix VSD-79164A SR / VSD-79164B SR) (B4) LP12Vanguard LP represses (1965, 1967, 1971) LP3CD Vanguard VMD 79164 (1991) CD3A Journey, compilation (Vanguard/King KICP 28, Japan, 1990-05-21)3
1964released
Shahadag OgShahadag Og (Believe!)1964
traditionalHamza El Din
SongLP · Radio
About the song
مطابقة قطعة «Believe» في إذاعة WNYC مع هذه الأغنية قائمة على العنوان وحده.The WNYC piece 'Believe' is matched to this song by its title alone.
Also listed as: Believe4 · Shahadag Og (Believe!)
Dates
Details
- Music
- تراثtraditional6
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Duration
- 4:524
- Film, play or occasion
- RadioMusic of Nubia (Vanguard, 1964)WNYC New Sounds live in-studio, November 1992
- Medium
- LP · Radio
- Releases
- Vanguard VRS-9164 (mono, matrix VRS 9164A SR / VRS 9164B SR) ; Vanguard VSD-79164 (stereo, matrix VSD-79164A SR / VSD-79164B SR) (B2) LP12Vanguard compilation Tranquility (2004)5Vanguard LP represses (1965, 1967, 1971) LP3CD Vanguard VMD 79164 (1991) CD3A Journey, compilation (Vanguard/King KICP 28, Japan, 1990-05-21)3
1965released
Annun Sira'Annun Sira' (Grandfathers' Stories)1965
Hamza El Din
SongLP · Concert · CD
Dates
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertAl Oud (Vanguard, 1965)Lily of the Nile (1990)Nubiana Suite - Live in Tokyo (1990)
- Medium
- LP · Concert · CD
- Releases
- Vanguard VSD-79194 (stereo) ; Vanguard VRS-9194 (mono) (A3, 11:35) ; Water Lily Acoustics WLA-AS-11 (1990, A2) ; King Records KICP 87 (1990, as 'Grandfater's Stories') LP · CD13Vanguard GT-5025 (Japan, 1974)3K20C-5112 (Japan, 1982)3CD 79194-2 (1994) CD3Real Gone Music RGM-1540 (2023)3
Not yet sorted
- Liner notes by Jamal Mohammed Ahmed (جمال محمد أحمد)
1965released
AssaramessugaAssaramessuga (Childhood)1965
Hamza El Dinمحي الدين شريف
SongLP · Concert · CD
About the song
سجّلها حمزة علاء الدين من جديد لألبوم «موشّح» عام 1995، الذي ينسب كلماتها إلى محي الدين شريف، وصدرت لها نسخة حيّة في ألبوم «نوبيانا سويت – لايف إن طوكيو». وأدّتها فرقة دروميداري كوارتت بعنوان «الطفولة» (Childhood).
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn recorded it again for the album Muwashshah in 1995, which credits the words to Muḥyī al-Dīn Sharīf, and a live version appeared on Nubiana Suite – Live in Tokyo. The Dromedary Quartet covered it under the title 'Childhood'.
Also listed as: Childhood
Dates
Details
- Music
- Words
- محي الدين شريفMahi al-Din Sharif4لم يُذكر كاتب الكلمات إلا في ألبوم عام 1995، وفيه تسجيل جديد.The lyricist is credited only on the 1995 album, which has a new recording.
- Sung by
- Also sung by
- Dromedary Quartetنسخة خاصة بعنوان «Childhood» (2005)cover version as 'Childhood' (2005)
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertAl Oud (Vanguard, 1965)Nubiana Suite - Live in Tokyo (1990)Muwashshah (Victor, 1995)
- Medium
- LP · Concert · CD
- Releases
- Vanguard VSD-79194 (stereo) ; Vanguard VRS-9194 (mono) (A1, 'Childhood (Assaramessuga)') ; King Records KICP 87 (1990, live) ; Victor VICG-5416 (1995, track 3) LP · CD13Vanguard GT-5025 (Japan, 1974)3K20C-5112 (Japan, 1982)3CD 79194-2 (1994) CD3Real Gone Music RGM-1540 (2023)3African Troubadours (Shanachie 64092, 1997)
Not yet sorted
- Liner notes by Jamal Mohammed Ahmed (جمال محمد أحمد)
1965released
Gillina NuraGillina Nura (Did Nura Remember)1965
Hamza El Din
SongLP · Concert
About the song
قد تكون هي نفسها أغنية «نورا» المدرجة على حدة (كاسيت مصري، 1995)؛ ولا يربط بينهما أي مصدر.It may be the same song as the separate entry «نورا» (Egyptian cassette, 1995); no source links them.
Dates
- Album released
- 19651
Details
Not yet sorted
- Liner notes by Jamal Mohammed Ahmed (جمال محمد أحمد)
On YouTube
1965released
KogoshKogosh (The Fortune Teller)1965
Hamza El Din
SongLP · Concert
About the song
Also listed as: The Fortune Teller4
Dates
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertAl Oud (Vanguard, 1965)University of Washington concert, 5 Dec 1978 (unpublished)
- Medium
- LP · Concert
- Releases
- Vanguard GT-5025 (Japan, 1974)3K20C-5112 (Japan, 1982)3CD 79194-2 (1994) CD3Real Gone Music RGM-1540 (2023)3UW Ethnomusicology Archives 1978020-0002, track 6 (unpublished)4
Not yet sorted
- Liner notes by Jamal Mohammed Ahmed (جمال محمد أحمد)
On YouTube
1965released
ShortungaShortunga (The Spirits)1965
Hamza El Din
SongLP · CD
About the song
سجّلها حمزة علاء الدين من جديد في يونيو 1989 في الكنيسة الموحِّدية بسانتا باربرا لألبوم «ليلي أوف ذا نايل»، ثم مرة أخرى لألبوم «أفايلابل ساوند – داريوس»، حيث تحمل عنواناً فرعياً هو «روحي» (My Soul).
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn recorded it again in June 1989 at the Unitarian Church in Santa Barbara for Lily of the Nile, and once more for Available Sound – Darius, where it is subtitled 'My Soul'.
Also listed as: Shortunga - My Soul5
Dates
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Medium
- LP · CD
- Releases
- Vanguard VSD-79194 (stereo) ; Vanguard VRS-9194 (mono) (A2) ; Water Lily Acoustics WLA-AS-11 (1990, A3) ; Lotus Records LR 9621CD (1996, track 6, 'Shortunga - My Soul') LP · CD13Vanguard GT-5025 (Japan, 1974)3K20C-5112 (Japan, 1982)3CD 79194-2 (1994) CD3Real Gone Music RGM-1540 (2023)3
Not yet sorted
- Liner notes by Jamal Mohammed Ahmed (جمال محمد أحمد)
1965released
The Gondola1965
Hamza El Din
LP
1971released
EscalayEscalay (The Water Wheel)1971
Hamza El Din
SongLP · Concert · CD
About the song
«Escalay» تعني «الساقية» باللغة النوبية، وتصوّر القطعة صبياً يسوق الثيران التي تدير الساقية. كُتبت أصلاً للصوت والدفّ والعود المنفرد، ثم أعاد حمزة علاء الدين كتابتها للوتريات الغربية لفرقة كرونوس كوارتت، التي صدرت نسختها، بتنفيذ تورو أويدا ومع حمزة علاء الدين على الطار، في ألبوم «Pieces of Africa» (1992). وأُعيد توزيعها لمشهد في العمل المسرحي «داريوس»، وصدرت لها لاحقاً نسختان لجوان جانرونو (2002) ولكواتوور فوتشي (2018).
Escalay means 'water wheel' in Nubian, and the piece depicts a boy driving the oxen that turn a water wheel. Originally for voice, frame drum and solo oud, it was rescored by Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn for Western strings for the Kronos Quartet, whose version, realized by Tohru Ueda with Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn on tar, appeared on Pieces of Africa (1992). It was also rearranged for a scene in the stage production Darius, and later versions appeared by Joan Jeanrenaud (2002) and the Quatuor Voce (2018).
قد يكون التوزيع الجديد لـ«داريوس» هو العمل المدرج على حدة باسم «Saqiat Darius».The rearrangement for Darius may be the work listed separately as 'Saqiat Darius'.
Dates
- Album released
- 1968 ≠714
- Recorded
- 196815
- Album released
- 1971 ≠1316
- Other date
- 1978-12-058أُدّيت بعنوان «Water Wheel» في حفل جامعة واشنطن، سياتلperformed as 'Water Wheel' at the University of Washington concert, Seattle
- Other date
- 198913نسخة كرونوس كوارتتthe Kronos Quartet version
- Other date
- 1992-119أُدّيت على الهواء في إذاعة WNYCperformed live at WNYC
- Other date
- 2018-02سجّل كواتوور فوتشي نسخته لألبوم Itinérairethe Quatuor Voce recorded its version for Itinéraire
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Also sung by
- Joan Jeanrenaudنسخة في ألبوم Metamorphosis (2002)version on Metamorphosis (2002)Quatuor Voceنسخة في ألبوم Itinéraire (سُجّلت في فبراير 2018)version on Itinéraire (recorded February 2018)
- Arrangement ≠
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinأعاد كتابتها للوتريات الغربية لفرقة كرونوس كوارتتrescored for Western strings, for the Kronos Quartet5
- Musicians
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertEscalay: The Water Wheel - Oud Music from Nubia (Nonesuch, 1971)كرونوس كوارتت إن أكوردKronos Quartet In AccordFilm
- Medium
- LP · Concert · CD
- Releases
- Nonesuch H-72041 (US 1971; runout etchings 'H-72041-B STERLING RL ARC 1•20•71' and 'H-72041-A RE-1 ARC 5-71-71') ; CD Nonesuch 7559-72041-2 (1998) ; Nonesuch 79702-2 (2002) (side A, 21:30) LP · CD12Pieces of Africa, Kronos Quartet (Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79275-2, 1992) CD13UW Ethnomusicology Archives, accession 1971022: copy of record master (Waterwheel; Remind Me; Drum piece)4Joan Jeanrenaud, Metamorphosis (2002)Quatuor Voce, Itinéraire (Alpha 424, recorded Feb 2018)
On YouTube
Sources
- discogs.com/release/16151672
- discogs.com/release/16151672
- nonesuch.com/albums/nubia-escalay-water-wheel-oud-music
- archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv593779
- archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/199104/music.of.the.world.htm
- discogs.com/release/604056
- elwatannews.com/news/details/187282
- archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv303283
- wnyc.org/story/4513-hamza-el-din-live-studio-1992-encore/
- worldmusiccentral.org/?p=3580
- discogs.com/master/859911
- discogs.com/release/13586076
- Pieces of Africa
- ar.wikipedia
- fr.wikipedia
- en.wikipedia
- Kaliss
1971released
I RememberI Remember (CD title: Remind Me)1971
Mohammed Abdel WahabHamza El Din
SongLP · Concert
About the song
لحّنها محمد عبد الوهاب لأم كلثوم. وأدّاها حمزة علاء الدين أيضاً بعنوان «Remind Me» في حفله في جامعة واشنطن يوم 5 ديسمبر 1978.
Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Wahhāb composed it for Umm Kulthūm. Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn also performed it, as 'Remind Me', at his University of Washington concert of 5 December 1978.
العنوان العربي «فكروني» مستنتج من العنوان الإنجليزي «Remind Me»، ولا يذكره أي مصدر.The Arabic title فكروني is inferred from the English title 'Remind Me'; no source states it.
لا يذكر أي مصدر أن «Fakkarouny (Solo Oud)» في ألبوم Oasis of Love هي هذه القطعة.No source says that 'Fakkarouny (Solo Oud)' on Oasis of Love is this piece.
Also listed as: Remind Me3 · فكروني · Fakkarouny (Solo Oud)
Dates
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- Music
- Sung by
- Arrangement
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinتوزيع «Fakkarouny (Solo Oud)» في ألبوم Oasis of Lovearrangement of 'Fakkarouny (Solo Oud)' on Oasis of Love
- Musicians
- قدري العربيQadrī al-ʻArabīعود، في «Fakkarouny (Solo Oud)» من ألبوم Oasis of Loveoud, on 'Fakkarouny (Solo Oud)', Oasis of Love
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertEscalay: The Water Wheel (Nonesuch, 1971)
- Medium
- LP · Concert
- Releases
- Nonesuch H-72041 (US 1971; runout etchings 'H-72041-B STERLING RL ARC 1•20•71' and 'H-72041-A RE-1 ARC 5-71-71') ; CD Nonesuch 7559-72041-2 (1998) ; Nonesuch 79702-2 (2002) (side B track 1, 11:55) LP12Phonorama LP Oasis of Love (c.1970-71): 'Fakkarouny (Solo Oud)' LPBasmala, 'Dhakkirs Theme (I Remember)' (Footprints Catalog ATHR 812, 2025), sampled
On YouTube
Sources
- discogs.com/release/16151672
- discogs.com/release/16151672
- nonesuch.com/albums/nubia-escalay-water-wheel-oud-music
- archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv593779
- discogs.com/release/16151672
- discogs.com/release/2185825
- archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv303283
- discogs.com/release/4453672
- discogs.com/release/33493310
- Hamza El Din - 02 - Remind Me
1971released
Song With Tar1971
traditionalHamza El Din
SongLP
About the song
قطعة نوبية شعبية تقليدية يصاحبها التصفيق وطبول الطار.
A traditional Nubian folk piece with hand-clapping and tar drums.
Also listed as: Drum piece4
Dates
- Album released
- 19711
Details
On YouTube
1975-01recorded
HelalisaHelalisa (Hela Lisa)1975
Hamza El Dinمحي الدين شريف
SongLP · Concert · CD
About the song
أغنية حب يطلب فيها عامل على الشادوف من طائر بجع مهاجر أن يحمل سلامه. سجّلها حمزة علاء الدين في يناير 1975 في «The Barn» بمدينة نوفاتو في كاليفورنيا لألبوم «Eclipse» من إنتاج ميكي هارت، ثم سجّلها مرة ثانية في أغسطس 1982 بعنوان «Hela Lisa».
A love song in which a shaduf worker asks a migrating pelican to carry his greeting. Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn recorded it in January 1975 at The Barn in Novato, California, for the album Eclipse, produced by Mickey Hart, and again in August 1982 as 'Hela Lisa'.
القول إن «He la wo li se» التي غُنّيت في حفل جامعة واشنطن يوم 5 ديسمبر 1978 هي هذه الأغنية قائم على العنوان وحده.That 'He la wo li se', sung at the University of Washington concert of 5 December 1978, is this song is inferred from the title alone.
Also listed as: Hela Lisa6 · Helalisa (Nubian Sons) · He la wo li se (Nubian love song)9
Dates
- Recorded
- 1975-011
- Other date
- 1978-12-059أُدّيت بعنوان «He la wo li se (Nubian love song)» في حفل جامعة واشنطن، سياتلperformed as 'He la wo li se (Nubian love song)' at the University of Washington concert, Seattle
- Album released
- 197824
- Other date
- 1982-08-17–1982-08-186تسجيل ثانٍ بعنوان «Hela Lisa» لألبوم A Song of the Nilesecond recording, as 'Hela Lisa', for A Song of the Nile
- Other date
- 1988-071أُعيد مزج التسجيل لإعادة إصدار Rykodiscremixed for the Rykodisc reissue
Details
- Music
- Words
- محي الدين شريفMahi al-Din Sharif5
- Sung by
- Producer
- Mickey Hart1
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Theme
- الحبlove1
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertEclipse (Pacific Arts, 1978; recorded January 1975)A Song of the Nile (Victor, 1982)
- Medium
- LP · Concert · CD
- Releases
- Pacific Arts PACR7-119 (1978) ; Rykodisc RCD 10103 (1988, remixed July 1988) ; Smithsonian Folkways HRT15001 (A1, 3:36) ; Victor SGS-32 (1982, B3 'Hela Lisa') LP · CD23Rykodisc, 3 Inches of the World (1988)Wonders of the African World (PBS, 1999), as 'Helalisa (Nubian Sons)'
Sources
- folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/HRT15001.pdf
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- discogs.com/master/294424
- folkways.si.edu/hamza-el-din/eclipse/world/music/album/smithsonian
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- discogs.com/release/5886913
- discogs.com/release/7090016
- discogs.com/release/6461652
- archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv303283
1975-01recorded
Ollin Arageed1975
Hamza El Din
SongLP · Concert
About the song
قطعة إيقاعية من أعراس النوبة، تقوم على ثلاث ضربات للطار مع تصفيق لحني، سُجّلت في يناير 1975 في «ذا بارن» بمدينة نوفاتو في كاليفورنيا لألبوم «إكليبس» من إنتاج ميكي هارت. وأدّاها حمزة علاء الدين مع فرقة جريتفول ديد في مسرح الصوت والضوء بالجيزة في سبتمبر 1978، ثم في وينترلاند بسان فرانسيسكو في أكتوبر 1978. وسجّل باسكال موبو نسخة خاصة منها.
A Nubian wedding percussion piece on three tar beats with melodic hand-clapping, recorded in January 1975 at The Barn in Novato, California, for the album Eclipse, produced by Mickey Hart. Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn performed it with the Grateful Dead at the Sound and Light Theater in Giza in September 1978, and at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1978. Pascal Maupeu recorded a cover of it.
Dates
- Recorded
- 1975-011
- Other date
- 1978-09-15–1978-09-16أدّاها مع فرقة جريتفول ديد في مسرح الصوت والضوء بالجيزة، القاهرةperformed with the Grateful Dead at the Sound and Light Theater, Giza, Cairo
- Other date
- 1978-10أدّاها مع فرقة جريتفول ديد في وينترلاند، سان فرانسيسكوperformed with the Grateful Dead at Winterland, San Francisco
- Album released
- 197824
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Also sung by
- Pascal Maupeuنسخة أداء خاصة (2014)cover version (2014)
- Musicians
- Grateful Deadالفرقة في العروض الحية عام 1978 في الجيزة وسان فرانسيسكوband in the 1978 live performances in Giza and San Francisco
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertEclipse (Pacific Arts, 1978; recorded January 1975)Grateful Dead concerts, Giza, 15-16 Sep 1978
- Medium
- LP · Concert
- Releases
- Pacific Arts PACR7-119 (1978) ; Rykodisc RCD 10103 (1988, remixed July 1988) ; Smithsonian Folkways HRT15001 (A3, 8:00) ; Rhino R2 512959 Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 (2008, CD2-1) LP23Shakedown Street reissue, bonus track, in the box set Beyond Description (2004)Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4 (2008)
On YouTube
Sources
- folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/HRT15001.pdf
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- discogs.com/master/294424
- folkways.si.edu/hamza-el-din/eclipse/world/music/album/smithsonian
- folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/HRT15001.pdf
- discogs.com/release/4270487
- discogs.com/release/2724843
- discogs.com/master/1257804
- Ollin Arageed
- Hamza el Din - Ollin Arageed
1975-01recorded
The Visitors1975
Hamza El Dinعبد الغني الخليلي
SongLP · Film
About the song
قصيدة باللهجة العراقية من نظم عبد الغني الخليلي. لحّنها حمزة علاء الدين في بغداد خلال رحلة بدأت بعد زيارته لموطنه عام 1965، ومزج فيها المقام العراقي واللحن المصري والسلّم الخماسي السوداني. سجّلها في يناير 1975 في «The Barn» بمدينة نوفاتو في كاليفورنيا لألبوم «Eclipse»، واستُعمل التسجيل لاحقاً في ألبوم موسيقى فيلم «Babel» (2006).
A poem in Iraqi Arabic by ʻAbd al-Ghanī al-Khalīlī. Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn set it in Baghdad, on a journey that began after his visit home in 1965, as a mix of Iraqi maqām, Egyptian melody and Sudanese pentatonic music. He recorded it in January 1975 at The Barn in Novato, California, for the album Eclipse, and the recording was later used on the soundtrack album of the film Babel (2006).
Dates
Details
- Music
- Words
- Sung by
- Producer
- Mickey Hart6
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- FilmEclipse (Pacific Arts, 1978; recorded January 1975)soundtrack album Babel (2006)
- Medium
- LP · Film
- Releases
Sources
- folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/HRT15001.pdf
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- discogs.com/master/294424
- folkways.si.edu/hamza-el-din/eclipse/world/music/album/smithsonian
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/HRT15001.pdf
- discogs.com/release/1293633
- The Visitors (Album Version)
1975-01recorded
Your Love Is Ever Young1975
Riad al-Sunbati; arranged by Hamza El DinHamza El Dinأحمد رامي
SongLP
About the song
توزيع لحمزة علاء الدين لأغنية من ألحان رياض السنباطي وكلمات أحمد رامي، اتّخذ فيه أداء أم كلثوم نموذجاً. سجّلها في يناير 1975 في «The Barn» بمدينة نوفاتو في كاليفورنيا لألبوم «Eclipse».
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn's arrangement of a song composed by Riyāḍ al-Sunbāṭī to words by Aḥmad Rāmī, with Umm Kulthūm's performance as its model. He recorded it in January 1975 at The Barn in Novato, California, for the album Eclipse.
العنوان العربي «جددت حبك ليه» مستنتج من مقارنة الترجمة الإنجليزية للكلمات، ولا يذكره أي مصدر.The Arabic title جددت حبك ليه is inferred by comparing the English translation of the lyrics; no source states it.
Also listed as: جددت حبك ليه
Dates
Details
On YouTube
Sources
- folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/HRT15001.pdf
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- discogs.com/master/294424
- folkways.si.edu/hamza-el-din/eclipse/world/music/album/smithsonian
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/HRT15001.pdf
- Your Love Is Ever Young
- Hamza El Din - Your Love is Ever Young
1975-01recorded
لما بدا يتثنىMwashah (Lamma Bada)1975
traditional; arranged by Hamza El DinHamza El Din
MuwashshahLP · Radio
About the song
قطعة كلاسيكية من زمن المور في إسبانيا كانت تُستعمل في تعليم الغناء. سجّل حمزة علاء الدين توزيعه لها في يناير 1975 في «The Barn» بمدينة نوفاتو في كاليفورنيا لألبوم «Eclipse»، وغنّاها مرة أخرى عام 1986 وهو يعزف على العود والطار.
A classical piece from the time of the Moors in Spain, used for teaching voice. Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn recorded his arrangement of it in January 1975 at The Barn in Novato, California, for the album Eclipse, and sang it again in 1986, playing oud and tar.
العنوان العربي أُعيد بناؤه من الكتابة اللاتينية واليابانية.The Arabic title was rebuilt from the Latin and Japanese spellings.
Also listed as: Mwashah (Lamma Bada)5 · ラマ・バダ・ヤタサナ · Lamma Bada Yatathanna
Dates
Details
- Music
- تراثtraditionalarranged by Hamza El Din
- Sung by
- Musicians
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinعود وطار، في تسجيل 1986oud and tar, on the 1986 recording
- Producer
- Mickey Hart1
- Genre
- موشحMuwashshah
- Film, play or occasion
- RadioEclipse (Pacific Arts, 1978; recorded January 1975)also on 鬼の女の子守唄 (Harue Momoyama, 1986)
- Medium
- LP · Radio
- Releases
- Pacific Arts PACR7-119 (1978) ; Rykodisc RCD 10103 (1988, remixed July 1988) ; Smithsonian Folkways HRT15001 (B2, 3:54) ; Invitation VIH-28254 (1986, A7 'ラマ・バダ・ヤタサナ') LP23Around The World (For A Song) (Rykodisc, 1991)7Desert Blues (1995)
Not yet sorted
- A 'Muwashshah' (oud and voice) at the UW concert of 5 Dec 1978 is not further identified.
On YouTube
Sources
- folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/HRT15001.pdf
- discogs.com/release/1071415
- discogs.com/master/294424
- folkways.si.edu/hamza-el-din/eclipse/world/music/album/smithsonian
- wnyc.org/story/4513-hamza-el-din-live-studio-1992-encore/
- discogs.com/master/799856
- discogs.com/master/1369964
- archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv303283
- Mwashah
- حمزة علاء الدين - لما بدأ يتثنى
1982-08recorded
AmenAmen = アーメン1982
Hamza El Din
InstrumentalLP
1982-08recorded
Anesigu1982
Hamza El DinMohammed N. Toshka
SongLP · CD
About the song
Also listed as: Anesign6
Dates
Details
- Music
- Words
- Mohammed N. Toshkaينسب موقع Discogs العمل إلى كاتبَين معاً دون أن يحدّد أيّهما كتب الكلمات.Discogs credits two writers together and does not say which of them wrote the words.
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Medium
- LP · CD
- Releases
- Victor SGS-32 (1982) (B2) ; Sounds True STA M110D (1999, track 3) LP · CD2A Song of the Nile = ナイルのうた / ハムザの世界 (Victor, Japan, 1982); A Wish (Sounds True, 1999) LP · CD2JVC VID-25007 (1986)4VDP-1098 (1987)4VICG-5007 (1990)4VICG-60326 (2000)4Hookah Cafe (Triloka, 2003), as 'Anesign'6
1982-08recorded
ArafaArafa = アラファ1982
Hamza El Dinإسماعيل حسن
SongLP · Concert
About the song
Also listed as: Arafa / Sudan: Oud And Songs7
Dates
Details
- Music
- Words
- إسماعيل حسنIsmail Hassan5ينسب موقع Discogs العمل إلى كاتبَين معاً دون أن يحدّد أيّهما كتب الكلمات.Discogs credits two writers together and does not say which of them wrote the words.
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertA Song of the Nile = ナイルのうた / ハムザの世界 (Victor, Japan, 1982)Nubiana Suite - Live in Tokyo (1990)
- Medium
- LP · Concert
- Releases
- Victor SGS-32 (1982) (A2) ; King Records KICP 87 (1990, live) LP2JVC VID-25007 (1986)4VDP-1098 (1987)4VICG-5007 (1990)4VICG-60326 (2000)4Victor, World Sounds Best (1990), as 'Arafa / Sudan: Oud And Songs'7
On YouTube
1982-08recorded
El HilwatuEl Hilwatu = エル・ヒルワトゥ1982
Hamza El DinNur El Din Abidin
SongLP
Dates
Details
- Music
- Words
- Nur El Din Abidinيُنسب العمل إلى كاتبَين معاً، ولا يُذكر أيّهما كتب الكلمات.Two writers are credited together, and it is not said which of them wrote the words.
- Sung by
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Medium
- LP
- Releases
- Victor SGS-32 (1982) (B4) LP2A Song of the Nile = ナイルのうた / ハムザの世界 (Victor, Japan, 1982) LP2JVC VID-25007 (1986)4VDP-1098 (1987)4VICG-5007 (1990)4VICG-60326 (2000)4
On YouTube
1982-08recorded
HamalayaHamalaya (Hamayala)1982
Hamza El Din
SongLP · CD · Radio
About the song
يغنّي حمزة علاء الدين ويعزف على الطار في تسجيل عام 1982. ويرد العنوان أيضاً بصيغة «هامايالا» في ألبوم «ليلي أوف ذا نايل» (سُجّل في يونيو 1989)، وبصيغة «هامايالّا» في أداء حيّ على إذاعة WNYC في نوفمبر 1992.
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn sings and plays the tar on the 1982 recording. The title also appears as Hamayala, on Lily of the Nile (recorded June 1989), and as Hamayalla, in a live performance on WNYC in November 1992.
جُمعت الصيغ الثلاث (Hamalaya وHamayala وHamayalla) على أنها قطعة واحدة بناءً على العناوين وحدها.The three spellings (Hamalaya, Hamayala, Hamayalla) were joined as one piece on the titles alone.
Dates
- Recorded
- 1982-08-17–1982-08-18قاعة إيروما شيمين كايكان، سايتاما، اليابان (تسجيل رقمي)Iruma Shimin Kaikan Hall, Saitama, Japan (digital recording)
- Recorded
- 1982-081
- Album released
- 19822
- Other date
- 1989-065سُجّلت باسم «Hamayala» لألبوم Lily of the Nilerecorded as 'Hamayala' for Lily of the Nile
- Other date
- 1992-116أُدّيت على الهواء في إذاعة WNYC باسم «Hamayalla»performed live on WNYC as 'Hamayalla'
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- RadioA Song of the Nile = ナイルのうた / ハムザの世界 (Victor, Japan, 1982)Lily of the Nile (1990)
- Medium
- LP · CD · Radio
- Releases
- Victor SGS-32 (1982) (B1 'Hamalaya') ; Water Lily Acoustics WLA-AS-11 (1990, B2 'Hamayala') LP · CD2JVC VID-25007 (1986)4VDP-1098 (1987)4VICG-5007 (1990)4VICG-60326 (2000)4
1982-08recorded
Oud DuoOud Duo = ウード・デュオ1982
Hamza El Din
InstrumentalLP
Dates
Details
1982-08recorded
SamaiSamai = サマイ1982
Tatyos EfendiHamza El Din
InstrumentalLP
About the song
لا يُعرف إن كان هذا السماعي هو نفسه «سماعي حسيني» في ألبوم A Wish (1999)، المنسوب أيضاً إلى طاطيوس أفندي.It is not known whether this is the same samāʻī as 'Samai Husaini' on A Wish (1999), also credited to Tatyos Efendi.
Dates
Details
1983released
Dry Sands Of The Desert1983
Hamza El Din & Shabda Kahn & Steve Douglas & Mickey HartMickey Hart; with Shabda Kahn; tar players
InstrumentalLP
Dates
- Recorded
- 1982-10-24 ≠1إحدى جلستي تسجيل ألبوم Däfos، مسرح Japan Center، سان فرانسيسكوone of the two Däfos sessions, Japan Center Theatre, San Franciscoسُجّل الألبوم في تاريخين، ولا يُذكر تاريخ هذه المقطوعة نفسها.The album was recorded on two dates, and the track's own date is not given.
- Recorded
- 1983-03-21 ≠1إحدى جلستي تسجيل ألبوم Däfos، مسرح Japan Center، سان فرانسيسكوone of the two Däfos sessions, Japan Center Theatre, San Francisco
- Album released
- 19831
Details
1989-06recorded
Allah Hu Akbar1989
Hamza El Din
ReligiousLP · CD
Details
1989-06recorded
Bint BaladnaBint Baladna (Our Country's Daughter)1989
Hamza El Dinمحي الدين شريف
SongLP · CD
About the song
سجّلها حمزة علاء الدين في الكنيسة الموحِّدية (Unitarian Church) في سانتا باربرا في يونيو 1989. ولها توزيع جديد من تورو أويدا في ألبوم «Muwashshah» (1995)، بعنوان فرعي هو «Our Country's Daughter».
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn recorded it at the Unitarian Church in Santa Barbara in June 1989. A new arrangement by Tohru Ueda appears on the album Muwashshah (1995), with the subtitle 'Our Country's Daughter'.
Also listed as: Our Country's Daughter4
Details
1995released
Ez'zamanEz'zaman (Time Is A Moment)1995
Hamza El Dinمصطفى الجارحي
SongCD
Dates
- Album released
- 19951
Details
1995released
Gala 2000Gala 2000 (Letter Of Apology To The Earth)1995
Hamza El Dinسليمان غريب
SongCD
About the song
ذُكرت أغنية بعنوان «لو جيت في يوم أرسمك» من تلحين الملحّن نفسه وكلمات الشاعر نفسه، ولا يذكر أي مصدر هل هي هذه الأغنية.A song «لو جيت في يوم أرسمك» (Law jīt fī yawm arsumak) with the same composer and lyricist is named; no source says whether it is this song.
Dates
- Album released
- 19951
Details
1995released
MuwashshahMuwashshah (Veil)1995
Hamza El Dinتراث
MuwashshahCD
Dates
- Album released
- 19951
Details
1995released
YatraYatra (You Are Here)1995
Hamza El Dinمحي الدين شريف
SongCD
Dates
- Album released
- 19951
Details
1995released
مليش عنوانMalish Inwan (I Have No Address)1995
Hamza El Dinبشير عياد
SongCD
Dates
- Album released
- 19951
Details
1996-06-27released
AshrandaAshranda - The Beautiful1996
Hamza El Din
SongCD
About the song
سجّلها وأنتجها بوركهارت كيغلاند لألبوم «أفايلابل ساوند – داريوس»، وفيه يغنّي حمزة علاء الدين ويعزف على العود والطار.
Recorded and produced by Burkhardt Kiegeland for the album Available Sound – Darius, on which Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn sings and plays the oud and the tar.
Dates
- Album released
- 1996-06-271
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinعود، طارoud, tar
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
- The Rough Guide To The Music Of North Africa (World Music Network RGNET 1011 CD, 1997) CD3
Not yet sorted
- A concert-bio page says the album was nominated for 'the European equivalent of the Grammy'.
1996-06-27released
El AanqaEl Aanqa - Griffin1996
Hamza El Din
CD
About the song
سجّلها وأنتجها بوركهارت كيغلاند لألبوم «أفايلابل ساوند – داريوس»، وفيه يغنّي حمزة علاء الدين ويعزف على العود والطار.
Recorded and produced by Burkhardt Kiegeland for the album Available Sound – Darius, on which Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn sings and plays the oud and the tar.
لا يُعرف إن كانت قطعة «Griffin 2» في ألبوم A Wish (1999) هي القطعة نفسها.It is not known whether 'Griffin 2' on A Wish (1999) is the same piece.
Dates
- Album released
- 1996-06-271
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinعود، طارoud, tar
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
Not yet sorted
- A concert-bio page says the album was nominated for 'the European equivalent of the Grammy'.
1996-06-27released
Er'RasoulEr'Rasoul - The Messenger1996
Hamza El Din
ReligiousCD
Dates
- Album released
- 1996-06-271
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinعود، طارoud, tar
- Recording engineer
- Burkhardt Kiegeland
- Producer
- Burkhardt Kiegeland
- Genre
- دينيReligious
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
Not yet sorted
- A concert-bio page says the album was nominated for 'the European equivalent of the Grammy'.
1996-06-27released
Saqiat DariusSaqiat Darius - Waterwheel Of Darius1996
Hamza El Din
SongCD · Stage
About the song
أعاد حمزة علاء الدين توزيع «Escalay» لمشهد في «داريوس»، وهي أوبرا قُدّمت في أوروبا، ووضع موسيقى لصيغة من مسرحية «الفرس» لأسخيلوس.
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn rearranged 'Escalay' for a scene in Darius, an opera staged in Europe, and composed music for a version of Aeschylus' The Persians.
Dates
- Album released
- 1996-06-271
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinعود، طارoud, tar
- Recording engineer
- Burkhardt Kiegeland
- Producer
- Burkhardt Kiegeland
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- StageAvailable Sound - Darius (Lotus Records, Austria, 1996-06-27)لا يربط هذا التسجيل بالعملين المسرحيين «داريوس» و«الفرس» سوى العنوان.Only the title links this track to the stage works Darius and The Persians.
- Medium
- CD · Stage
- Releases
Not yet sorted
- A concert-bio page says the album was nominated for 'the European equivalent of the Grammy'.
On YouTube
1996-06-27released
Shams Esh'shamusaShams Esh'shamusa - Delicate Sun1996
Sayed Darwish; arranged by Hamza El DinHamza El Din
SongCD
Dates
- Album released
- 1996-06-271
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Arrangement
- Musicians
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinعود، طارoud, tar
- Recording engineer
- Burkhardt Kiegeland
- Producer
- Burkhardt Kiegeland
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
- The Rough Guide's African Blues (1998)3
Not yet sorted
- A concert-bio page says the album was nominated for 'the European equivalent of the Grammy'.
1999released
A Wish1999
Hamza El Din
SongCD
1999released
Greetings1999
Hamza El Din
SongCD
1999released
Griffin 21999
Hamza El Din
CD
Dates
- Album released
- 19991
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
1999released
Nagrishad1999
Hamza El Din
CD
Dates
- Album released
- 19991
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
1999released
Samai Husaini1999
Tatyos Efendi; realized by Hamza El DinHamza El Din
InstrumentalCD
About the song
قد تكون «Samai» (1982)، المنسوبة أيضاً إلى Tatyos Efendi، هي القطعة نفسها، ولا يذكر ذلك أي مصدر.'Samai' (1982), also credited to Tatyos Efendi, may be the same piece; no source says so.
Dates
- Album released
- 19991
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Genre
- موسيقىInstrumental
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
1999released
Sunset1999
Riad al-Sunbati; variations on themes by Hamza El DinHamza El Din
InstrumentalCD
Dates
- Album released
- 19991
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Genre
- موسيقىInstrumental
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
2002released
Unrequited2002
W. A. Mathieu; with Hamza El Din; Allaudin; voice
SongCD
Dates
- Album released
- 20021
Details
On YouTube
لو جيت في يوم أرسمكLaw Git fi Yom Arsimak
Hamza El Dinسليمان غريب
SongOther
About the song
قد تكون هي أغنية «Gala 2000» نفسها، ولها كاتب الكلمات ذاته، ولم يتأكّد ذلك.It may be the same song as 'Gala 2000', which has the same lyricist; this is not confirmed.
Details
- Music
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- سليمان غريبSuleiman Gharib2
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- أغنيةSong
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- Other
On YouTube
1965released
Nuban UtoNuban Uto (Call For Unity)1965
Hamza El Din
SongLP
1965released
عابدينAbdin (Greeting Card)1965
Hamza El Din
SongLP · Cassette
About the song
لا يُذكر هل تستعمل كاسيت 1995 ومجموعة 5Stars تسجيل 1965؛ وتقول الكاسيت إن تسجيلها تمّ في استوديو بوسييرا في اليونان.It is not stated whether the 1995 cassette and the 5Stars compilation use the 1965 recording; the cassette says its recording was made at Bousiera studio, Greece.
Also listed as: Abdin5
Dates
- Album released
- 19651
Details
- Music
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- أغنيةSong
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- LP · Cassette
- Releases
- Vanguard VSD-79194 (stereo) ; Vanguard VRS-9194 (mono) (B5, 'Greeting Card (Abdin)') ; Compact Disc cassette شعبيات نوبية - نغم وايقاعات نوبية (1995, B4) LP · Cassette13Vanguard GT-5025 (Japan, 1974)3K20C-5112 (Japan, 1982)3CD 79194-2 (1994) CD3Real Gone Music RGM-1540 (2023)35Stars Records, Music of Nubia - فلكلور النوبة (undated, track 4, 'Abdin')5
Not yet sorted
- Liner notes by Jamal Mohammed Ahmed (جمال محمد أحمد)
1968released
The Nude Dance1968
Hamza El Din
InstrumentalFilm · LP
1978-12-05recorded
Nubian Rhythms1978
Hamza El Din
SongConcert
Dates
- Recorded
- 1978-12-051
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- حمزة علاء الدينHamza El Dinطار (مع الغناء)tar (with voice)
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertSolo concert, University of Washington, Seattle, 5 Dec 1978 (unpublished)
- Medium
- Concert
- Releases
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives 1978020-0002, track 3 (10:23)
1978-12-05recorded
The Door1978
Riad al-SunbatiHamza El Din
SongConcert
About the song
افتتح حمزة علاء الدين بهذه القطعة حفله في جامعة واشنطن في سياتل يوم 5 ديسمبر 1978. وقدّمها على أنها من أعمال رياض السنباطي التي اشتهرت بصوت أم كلثوم، وربطها بتلاوة القرآن.
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn opened his concert at the University of Washington in Seattle on 5 December 1978 with this piece. He introduced it as a work by Riyāḍ al-Sunbāṭī made popular by Umm Kulthūm, and related it to Qurʼanic recitation.
Dates
- Recorded
- 1978-12-051
Details
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- Also sung by
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- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertSolo concert, University of Washington Music Auditorium, Seattle, 5 Dec 1978 (unpublished)
- Medium
- Concert
- Releases
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives 1978020-0001, track 5 (21:32)
1979released
Shadow And Distances1979
Henry Wolff & Nancy Hennings
InstrumentalLP
Dates
- Album released
- 1979
Details
- Music
- مدخل واحد فقط في Discogs لأسطوانة 1979 ينسب هذه المقطوعة إلى حمزة علاء الدين، والمدخل الرئيسي لا يذكر ذلك.Only one Discogs entry of the 1979 LP credits Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn as writer of this track; the main entry has no such credit.
- Sung by
- Henry WolffNancy Hennings
- Genre
- موسيقىInstrumental
- Medium
- LP
- Releases
- Pacific Arts PACR7-110 (A4) LPTibetan Bells II (Pacific Arts, 1979) LP
1980released
The Great One And The Little One1980
Hamza El Din & W. B. DerbyThe Sufi ChoirRobert Bly; versions of Kabir
SongLP
Dates
- Album released
- 19801
Details
1987-10-10released
Baba1987
Hamza El Din
Film · LP
1987-10-10released
Buro1987
Hamza El Din
Film · LP
1987-10-10released
Diyaru1987
Hamza El Din
Film · LP
1988released
Hamza El Din LiveHamza El Din Live (Ansaaru Allah Community)1988
Hamza El Din
Concert · LP
About the song
تسجيل لحفل أُقيم في «أنصار فيليدج» في بروكلين بنيويورك، عزف فيه حمزة علاء الدين على العود والطار.
A concert recording made at the Ansaar Village in Brooklyn, New York, with Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn playing the oud and the tar.
Dates
- Album released
- 19881
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertLive At The Ansaaru Allah Community In America (Mahdi Records, 1988)
- Medium
- Concert · LP
- Releases
- Mahdi Records MRC-786-1905 (matrix MRC-786-1905-A / -B) LP1
Not yet sorted
- on 26 June (year not stated)
1988-08-26released
Irene1988
Bun Itakura & Kazuto Shimizu & Ma-To & WhachoSandii; Killing Time; with vocals by Hamza El Din; others
SongCD
Dates
- Album released
- 1988-08-261
Details
1990released
Nubiana Suite1990
Hamza El Din
SongConcert · CD
About the song
سجّل حمزة علاء الدين هذه المتتالية في حفل حيّ في طوكيو مع عازفين يابانيين على الواديكو والشاكوهاتشي، وغنّاها باللغة النوبية. والعازفون المذكورون هم ميتسوهيكو ميتسوزوكا (شاكوهاتشي) وكاورو كونوئيكي (غيتار) وهيدياكي هاياشي (تايكو).
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn recorded this suite live in Tokyo with Japanese wadaiko and shakuhachi players, singing in Nubian. The players named are Mitsuhiko Mitsuzuka (shakuhachi), Kaoru Konoike (guitar) and Hideaki Hayashi (taiko).
Dates
- Album released
- 19901
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- ConcertNubiana Suite - Live in Tokyo (King Records, 1990)
- Medium
- Concert · CD
- Releases
- King Records KICP 87 (matrix KICP87 BAB23A) CD1
1993released
ألحان الربيعAlhan al-Rabi'1993
Hanan El Nil; حنان النيلعلي محمود
SongCassette
About the song
سُجّلت في استوديوهات «عمار ساوند» بتوزيع ماهر.
Recorded at the Ammar Sound studios, in an arrangement by Māhir.
Dates
- Album released
- 19931
Details
1994-10-12recorded
Nubiaヌビア = Nubia1994
Hamza El Din
Concert · CD
About the song
قد يضمّ المقطع المعنون «النوبة» أكثر من قطعة واحدة.The section titled 'Nubia' may contain more than one piece.
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Musicians
- Film, play or occasion
- Concertアジアの響き - 小泉文夫記念音楽会ライヴ = Musics Of Asia - Koizumi Fumio Memorial Concert (Columbia, 1995)حفل في قاعة يو-بورت كان-إي هوكن، طوكيوConcert at Yu-Port Kan'i Hoken Hall, TokyoConcert
- Medium
- Concert · CD
- Releases
- Columbia COCG-12250→1 CD2
1995released
AgoreAgore (Forget)1995
Hamza El Dinمحي الدين شريف
SongCD
Dates
- Album released
- 19951
Details
1995released
نوراNora1995
Hamza El Din
SongCassette
About the song
يُنسب أداؤها إلى حمزة علاء الدين في شريط كاسيت مصري جامع صدر عام 1995، وتذكر ملاحظات الشريط أنها سُجّلت في اليونان. وتَرِد بعنوان «Nora» في مجموعة غير مؤرّخة من إصدار 5Stars Records بعنوان «Music of Nubia - فلكلور النوبة» دون أن تُنسب إليه.
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn is credited as the performer on a 1995 Egyptian compilation cassette, whose notes say it was recorded in Greece. It also appears as 'Nora' on an undated 5Stars Records compilation, Music of Nubia - فلكلور النوبة, without credit to him.
قد تكون هي «Gillina Nura» (1965)، ولا يذكر ذلك أي مصدر.It may be 'Gillina Nura' (1965); no source states this.
Also listed as: Nora2
Dates
- Album released
- 19951
Details
2006-10-17released
Hwashay2006
Maraca
SongCD
About the song
نسخة من أداء Maraca لقطعة من ألحان حمزة علاء الدين، سُجّلت في زلين بين عامي 2005 و2006.
A cover by Maraca of a piece by Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn, recorded in Zlín in 2005–2006.
لا يُذكر أيّ قطعة من قطع حمزة علاء الدين هذه.It is not stated which of Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn's pieces this is.
Dates
- Recorded
- 2005–2006زلينZlín
- Album released
- 2006-10-17تاريخ 2006 هو تاريخ هذه النسخة، لا تاريخ أول ظهور للّحن.The 2006 date is that of this cover, not of the first appearance of the composition.
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Maraca
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Medium
- CD
- Releases
- Indies Scope MAM319-2 (track 5) CDMaraca - The Body Is Too Slow For Me (Indies Scope, 2006) CD
Sources
2021released
When I Was A Child2021
Midori Takadaحمزة علاء الدين
SongOther
About the song
لا يُعرف إن كانت لها صلة بأغنية «Assaramessuga» (الطفولة).It is not known whether this is related to 'Assaramessuga' (Childhood).
Dates
- Album released
- 2021
Details
- Music
- Words
- Sung by
- Midori Takada
- Genre
- أغنيةSong
- Film, play or occasion
- OtherMidori Takada - Untitled (Bottega Veneta, promo 12", 2021)
- Medium
- Other
- Releases
- Bottega Veneta, no number (B1)
Sources
Music for The Persians / DariusMusic for The Persians / Darius (Peter Sellars production)
Hamza El Din
Stage
About the song
وضع حمزة علاء الدين موسيقى لصيغة من مسرحية «الفرس» لأسخيلوس، وأعاد توزيع مقطوعته «إسكالاي» لمشهد في «داريوس»، وهي أوبرا أنتجها بيتر سيلارز في أوروبا.
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn composed music for a version of Aeschylus's The Persians, and rearranged his 'Escalay' for a scene in Darius, an opera produced by Peter Sellars in Europe.
Details
- Music
- Sung by
- Film, play or occasion
- StageAeschylus, The Persians, directed by Peter Sellars
- Medium
- Stage
Not yet sorted
- The Christian Science Monitor (9 Nov 1993) reports Sellars' The Persians played Salzburg and Edinburgh before the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles (closed 24 Oct 1993)
Biography
وُلد حمزة علاء الدين، المعروف في الغرب باسم «Hamza El Din»، في العاشر من يوليو 1929 في توشكى، وهي قرية نوبية قرب أبو سمبل في محافظة أسوان بمصر، وإن كانت بعض المصادر تجعل مولده قرب وادي حلفا في السودان. ونشأ في كنف جدّه في الغالب. وقد غمرت مياهُ خزان سدود أسوان القريةَ فيما بعد، وتختلف المصادر في تاريخ رحيل أسرته عنها بين 1933 و1960 و1964. والمطرب كرم مراد ابن أخته.
درس الهندسة الكهربائية نزولًا عند رغبة أبيه في جامعة فؤاد الأول (جامعة القاهرة)، وعمل مهندسًا في السكك الحديدية المصرية. ودرس في القاهرة كذلك الموشّح في معهد إبراهيم شفيق للموسيقى، والعود في معهد فؤاد الأول لموسيقى الشرق الأوسط، وهو معهد الموسيقى العربية اليوم. وانتقل إلى السودان في الخمسينيات، وبحسب أحد المصادر سجّل هناك كثيرًا من الأغاني النوبية للإذاعة السودانية. ثم ترك الهندسة ليسجّل الأغاني النوبية قبل أن يُغرق السد العالي القرى. وفي عام 1959 سافر إلى روما بمنحة إيطالية لدراسة الموسيقى الغربية والغيتار الكلاسيكي في الأكاديمية الوطنية سانتا تشيتشيليا.
هاجر إلى الولايات المتحدة في مطلع الستينيات، عام 1962 أو عام 1964 بحسب اختلاف المصادر. وفي عام 1964 أصدرت له شركة «فانغارد» ألبوم «موسيقى النوبة»، وغنّى في مهرجان نيوبورت للموسيقى الشعبية. وتلاه ألبوم ثانٍ لدى الشركة نفسها بعنوان «العود» عام 1965، وهو العام الذي زار فيه موطنه ثم أقام مدة في بغداد. وانتقل عام 1968 إلى ميل فالي في كاليفورنيا. وصدر ألبومه «إسكالاي: الساقية» عن شركة «نونسوتش» عام 1971، وإن ذكرت بعض المصادر عام 1968، أما ألبوم «الكسوف» من إنتاج ميكي هارت فسُجّل عام 1975 وصدر عام 1978. وفي سبتمبر 1978 شارك فرقة «غريتفل ديد» حفلاتها في الجيزة، ومعه جوقة من الشباب النوبيين.
درّس علم موسيقى الشعوب في عدة جامعات أمريكية، منها جامعة واشنطن وجامعة تكساس في أوستن. وأقام في اليابان بمنحة من مؤسسة اليابان لمقارنة العود بآلة البيوا، وتؤرَّخ إقامته هناك عادةً بالثمانينيات، وإن اختلفت المصادر في توقيتها ومدتها. ودرّس هناك الموسيقى النوبية في جامعة طوكيو. وفي عام 1992 سجّل رباعي كرونوس مقطوعته «إسكالاي» وهو يعزف معهم على الطار.
صدر ألبومه الأخير «أمنية» عام 1999. وفي عام 2000 زار مصر للمرة الأخيرة لحضور ندوة في دار الأوبرا المصرية بالقاهرة. وعاش سنوات طويلة في أوكلاند بكاليفورنيا، وتوفي في الثاني والعشرين من مايو 2006 في بيركلي، بعد جراحة. وفي عام 2018 أصدر بشار مار خليفة ألبومًا تحية له بعنوان «الساقية: تحية إلى حمزة علاء الدين».
Ḥamzah ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn, known in the West as Hamza El Din, was born on 10 July 1929 in Tūshká, a Nubian village near Abu Simbel in Aswan Governorate, Egypt; some sources place his birth near Wadi Halfa, in Sudan. He was raised largely by his grandfather. The village was later flooded by the reservoir of the Aswan dams; sources date his family's move to 1933, 1960 or 1964. The singer Karam Murād is his sister's son.
At his father's wish he studied electrical engineering at King Fuʼād University (Cairo University) and worked as an engineer for the Egyptian national railways. In Cairo he also studied muwashshaḥ at the Ibrāhīm Shafīq Institute of Music and oud at the King Fuʼād Institute for Middle Eastern Music, now the Institute of Arab Music. He moved to Sudan in the 1950s, where, by one account, he recorded many Nubian songs for Radio Sudan. He left engineering to record Nubian songs before the Aswan High Dam flooded the villages. In 1959 he went to Rome on an Italian grant to study Western music and classical guitar at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
He moved to the United States in the early 1960s; sources give 1962 or 1964. In 1964 Vanguard released his album Music of Nubia, and he performed at the Newport Folk Festival. A second Vanguard album, Al Oud, followed in 1965, the year he visited home and then stayed in Baghdad. In 1968 he moved to Mill Valley, California. Escalay: The Water Wheel was issued by Nonesuch in 1971, though some sources give 1968, and Eclipse, produced by Mickey Hart, was recorded in 1975 and issued in 1978. In September 1978 he performed with the Grateful Dead in Giza, with a Nubian youth choir.
He taught ethnomusicology at several American universities, among them the University of Washington and the University of Texas at Austin. On a Japan Foundation grant to compare the oud with the biwa, he lived in Japan, usually dated to the 1980s, though the sources disagree on when and for how long. There he taught Nubian music at Tokyo University. In 1992 the Kronos Quartet recorded his “Escalay”, with him playing the tar.
His last album, A Wish, came out in 1999. In 2000 he visited Egypt for the last time, for a seminar at the Cairo Opera House. He lived for many years in Oakland, California, and died on 22 May 2006 in Berkeley, after surgery. In 2018 Bachar Mar-Khalifé released a tribute album, The Water Wheel – A Tribute to Hamza El Din.
The facts and their sources
Life
- Born 10 July 1929, Toshka (توشكى), Nubia, Aswan governorate, Egypt[1,2,3,5,6,43]
- Died 22 May 2006, Berkeley, California, USA (cause: after surgery)[1,2,3,7,12,13,14]
- Nubian, from the village of Toshka, near Abu Simbel in Egyptian Nubia (his 2002 Nonesuch note); several sources place Toshka near Wadi Halfa.[9,2,3,12]
- Raised largely by his grandfather; his father wanted him to study engineering.[18]
- His village was later flooded by the reservoir of the Aswan dams; in the Eclipse notes he dates his people's move from the village to 1964, a year before his 1965 visit home.[10,2,13]
- The singer Karam Murad (كرم مراد) is his sister's son.[12]
- Electrical engineering at King Fouad University (Cairo University).[1,2,3,13,15]
- Muwashshah at the Ibrahim Shafiq Institute of Music, Cairo.[1,2,13,22]
- Oud and Arabic music at the King Fouad Institute for Middle Eastern Music (now the Institute of Arab Music), Cairo; Aramco World calls it the Arab Institute of Music.[1,2,13,16]
- Also listed: the Popular University, Cairo.[22]
- 1959- — Western music and classical guitar at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, on an Italian grant; Akhbar El Yom says a four-year grant; his 2002 note says he went to Italy in 1959.[1,9,14,16,21]
- Studied at the Division of Ethnomusicology, University of Washington.[18]
Career
- c.1938 — Acted as a nine-year-old in a film (title not given).[17]
- Worked as an engineer for the Egyptian national railways before turning to music.[1,2,8,13]
- 1950s — Moved to Sudan (his 2002 note); Masrawy says he worked with Radio Sudan and recorded many Nubian songs.[9,12]
- After returning from Rome taught at a school in Aniba, Aswan (Akhbar El Yom).[14]
- Left his engineering job to record Nubian songs before the Aswan High Dam flooded the villages, travelling village to village by donkey; also collected folk songs on an Egyptian government grant.[7,1]
- 1962 / 1963 / 1964 — Moved to the United States: 1962 (salaam.co.uk), early 1960s (WSU), 1964 (El Watan). Shared an apartment with guitarist Sandy Bull, in New York (Kaliss) or the Bay Area in 1963 (en.wikipedia).[19,20,13,18,1]
- 1963 — Appeared as an actor in the film Cleopatra, according to tribute footage described by SFCV.[17]
- 1964 — Invited by Vanguard to record (an American friend in Rome made the connection); released Music of Nubia; performed at the Newport Folk Festival (festival held 23-26 July 1964).[18,1,26]
- 1964-1965 — Oud on Ahmed Abdul-Malik's album Spellbound (Status, 1965).[27,1]
- 1965 — Second Vanguard album, Al Oud. Visited home a year after the evacuation, then travelled in the Middle East and stayed in Baghdad, where he set 'The Visitors'.[6,10]
- 1960s — Played Greenwich Village coffeehouses during the folk revival.[16]
- 1968 — Moved to Mill Valley, California. Music in the soundtrack of You Are What You Eat (1968).[18,6]
- 1971 — Escalay: The Water Wheel (Nonesuch H-72041), produced by Robert Garfias with the Archives of Ethnic Music and Dance, University of Washington.[9,6,8]
- 1975-01 — Recorded the album Eclipse at The Barn, Novato, California, produced by Mickey Hart; issued 1978 (Pacific Arts), reissued 1988 (Rykodisc).[10,40,11]
- 1975 — Performed at the United Nations' 30th anniversary celebration, recruited by Atesh Sonneborn, who later managed his career.[17]
- 1978-09 — Performed with the Grateful Dead at the Gizah Sound & Light Theater, Cairo, 15-16 Sep 1978, with a Nubian youth choir; then with them at Winterland, San Francisco, October 1978.[25,35,7]
- 1978 — Returned to the Bay Area (Kaliss). Solo concert at the University of Washington, Seattle, 5 Dec 1978.[18,7]
- 1970s-1990s — Taught ethnomusicology at Ohio University, the University of Washington and the University of Texas at Austin (years vary by source: 1970s-1990s in en.wikipedia; 1980-1990 in El Watan). Also taught at Mills College, San Francisco State University and Dominican College.[1,13,18,23,24]
- 1980s — Lived in Japan (from 1981 per salaam.co.uk; about ten years before 1991 per Aramco World) on a Japan Foundation grant to compare the oud with the biwa; taught Nubian music at Tokyo University.[19,16,22,13,1]
- 1982-08 — Recorded A Song of the Nile at Iruma Shimin Kaikan Hall, Saitama, 17-18 Aug 1982 (Victor).[29]
- 1983 — Oud and tar on Goro Ohmi's Guin Saga album (Columbia, Japan).[38]
- 1989-06 — Recorded Lily of the Nile at the Unitarian Church, Santa Barbara (issued 1990).[30]
- 1990 — Nubiana Suite - Live in Tokyo, with Japanese taiko and shakuhachi players.[45,5,16]
- 1990-12-31 — Guest percussionist with the Grateful Dead at the Oakland Coliseum Arena (per an unofficial broadcast release).[36]
- 1992 — Kronos Quartet recorded his 'Escalay' (arrangement dated 1989, realized by Tohru Ueda) on Pieces of Africa, with him on tar. Live in-studio at WNYC, November 1992.[28,24]
- 1993-03 — Oud and tar on Venus Square Mars with David Philipson and Mark Nauseef, recorded at Harmony Hall, Matsumoto, Japan.[31]
- 1990s — Music for a Peter Sellars stage production: music for Aeschylus' The Persians (salaam.co.uk) / 'Escalay' rearranged for 'Darius' (Kaliss). Date not given by these sources; Sellars' The Persians played the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals and closed at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, on 24 Oct 1993, in a report that does not name Hamza El Din.[19,18,44]
- 1994-10-12 — Sang and played at the Koizumi Fumio memorial concert, Tokyo.[32]
- 1995-1996 — Albums Muwashshah (Victor, 1995) and Available Sound - Darius (Lotus Records, Austria, 1996).[41,34]
- 1999 — Last album, A Wish (Sounds True), with Hani Naser, Joan Jeanrenaud and others.[33,1]
- 2000 — Last visit to Egypt, for a seminar at the Cairo Opera House.[13,2]
- 2002 — Concert 'Clarity' at Washington State University, Pullman, 2 Oct 2002.[20]
- 2003 — Concert at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, with Joan Jeanrenaud, Allaudin Mathieu and others, days after the invasion of Iraq.[18]
Singers and composers
- Mohi El Din Sherif (محي الدين شريف) (lyricist): Helalisa (1975 rec., 1978), Nabra, Assaramessuga (1995 version), Bint Baladna (1990), Agore (1995), Yatra (1995)[18,40,41,30]
- Mickey Hart (producer / percussionist): Eclipse (rec. 1975, issued 1978), Dry Sands Of The Desert (Däfos, 1983)[10,18,17]
- Grateful Dead (guest performer): Ollin Arageed (Giza, Sep 1978; Winterland, Oct 1978)[25,35]
- Kronos Quartet (composer / tar): Escalay (arr. 1989, issued 1992)[28,16]
- Sandy Bull (musician): Nubala (Music of Nubia, 1964, bongos)[6,18]
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik (musician): Hoi To Irkil Fagiu (Music of Nubia, 1964, bass), Spellbound (1965, Hamza El Din on oud)[6,27]
- Hani Naser, Joan Jeanrenaud, W. A. (Allaudin) Mathieu (musicians): A Wish (1999)[33,18]
- Hanan El Nil (حنان النيل) (singer): ألحان الربيع (Alhan al-Rabi', 1993)[42]
- Suleiman Gharib (سليمان غريب) (lyricist): Gala 2000 (1995), لو جيت في يوم أرسمك (Law Git fi Yom Arsimak, undated)[41,12]
- Tohru Ueda (arranger): Escalay (Kronos realization), Muwashshah album (1995)[28,41]
- Terry Riley (composer (introduced him to Kronos Quartet))[18,7]
Other works
- book (autobiography): ナイルの流れのように (Nile no Nagare no Yō ni), transl. Toyo Nakamura, Chikuma Shobo (1990)[5]
- book (autobiography, unpublished in English): As the Nile Flows[17]
- paintings: paintings reproduced in the booklet of A Wish (1999)[33]
- ballet music: compositions performed by San Francisco Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Maurice Béjart Ballet, Molissa Fenley Dance Company, LINES Contemporary Ballet[19,20,18]
- film music: The Black Stallion; You Are What You Eat; Passion in the Desert (soundtrack credits per WSU); Robinson's Garden (1987); Babel (2006, 'The Visitors')[20,7,1,6,37]
Honours
- 1996 — Available Sound - Darius nominated for 'the European equivalent of the Grammy' (as stated by a concert-bio page).[22]
- Invited by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and UNESCO to the opening of the Nubian Museum (Aswan).[12]
- 2018 — Tribute album by Bachar Mar-Khalifé, The Water Wheel - A Tribute to Hamza El Din.[4]
- 2020 — Tribute concert planned at the Presidio Theatre, San Francisco, for 21 Mar 2020 (postponed).[17]
Output, as the sources state it
- 14 CDs released as of 2002[20]
- 14 solo albums[21]
- issued 14 records during about ten years in Japan (Masrawy)[12]
- about 34,000 listeners at his 1964 Newport performance (Masrawy)[12]
Where the sources disagree
- born.place: Toshka, Aswan governorate, Egypt[1,5] · Toshka, near Wadi Halfa, Sudan[3] · Wadi Halfa[19]
- family_origin.displacement: family moved after the second heightening of the Aswan reservoir, 1933[14] · moved with his family to Cairo in 1960[13] · his people left the village in 1964[10]
- career.move_to_USA: 1962[19] · early 1960s[20] · 1964[13,3]
- career.teaching: University of Washington (Seattle)[1,8,20] · Washington University in St. Louis[15]
- career.Sandy_Bull_apartment: Bay Area, 1963[1] · New York City[18]
- works.Escalay_date: 1968[13,2,4] · 1971[1,9,6]
- works.Eclipse_date: recorded January 1975[10] · first issued 1978[1,40,11] · 1988 (Rykodisc reissue)[10]
- career.Japan: moved to Japan 1981[19] · returned to the Bay Area in 1978 after many years in Japan[18] · about ten months in Tokyo[14] · a one-year grant that lasted about ten years[12]
- other_works.Black_Stallion: composed / recorded music for The Black Stallion[7,20,13] · no Hamza El Din credit on the Discogs soundtrack listing[39]
- career.Planet_Drum: his association with Mickey Hart resulted in the collaboration Planet Drum[16] · SFCV names Planet Drum (1991) without listing him among its players[17]
Sources
- Hamza El Din - Wikipedia
- حمزة علاء الدين - ويكيبيديا
- Hamza El Din - Wikipedia (de)
- Hamza El Din - Wikipédia
- ハムザ・エル・ディーン - Wikipedia
- Discogs: Hamza El Din (artist profile and credits)
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives concert recordings: Hamza El-Din, 5 Dec 1978 (Archives West)
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives audio recordings: Hamza El-Din (Oud, Tar), accession 1971022 (Archives West)
- Nonesuch: Nubia: Escalay (The Water Wheel): Oud Music
- Eclipse, liner notes (Rykodisc RCD 10103 / Smithsonian Folkways HRT15001)
- Smithsonian Folkways: Hamza El Din, Eclipse
- Mohamed Mahdi, حمزة علاء الدين.. أبو الموسيقى النوبية المجهول (Masrawy, 17 Apr 2014)
- Arwa El-Shorbagy, حمزة علاء الدين سفير الفن النوبي في الغرب (El Watan, 24 May 2013)
- Mayar Khaled Asaker, في عيد ميلاده العازف العالمي حمزة علاء الدين (Akhbar El Yom, 10 Jul 2021)
- Mohamed El-Qalyoubi, حمزة علاء الدين.. صاحب العود الذى حمل ذاكرة النوبة إلى الغرب (Akhbar El Yom, 1 Jun 2026)
- Louis Werner, Music of the World (Saudi Aramco World, July/August 1991)
- Jeff Kaliss, Bay Area Musical Luminaries Plan a Tribute to Hamza El Din (San Francisco Classical Voice, 23 Mar 2020)
- Jeff Kaliss, Hamza el Din, Nubian Oud Player (World Music Central, 24 May 2006; first published in the San Francisco Chronicle)
- Hamza El Din biography (salaam.co.uk)
- Washington State University news, concert announcement (6 Sep 2002)
- Mona Bassel, Hamza El Din: A Nubian Musician's Endeavor to Preserve His Culture (Egyptian Streets, 18 Nov 2021)
- Music of Three Worlds, concert artist biographies (Richard Hodges)
- Wolfgang's: Hamza el Din artist page
- WNYC New Sounds #4513, Hamza El Din, Live In-Studio, 1992
- Discogs: Grateful Dead, Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978 (Rhino, 2008)
- Discogs: Newport Folk Festival 1964 - Evening Concerts Vol. 2 (Vanguard VRS-9185)
- Discogs: Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Spellbound (Status ST 8303, 1965)
- Discogs: Kronos Quartet, Pieces Of Africa (Elektra Nonesuch, 1992)
- Discogs: A Song Of The Nile (Victor SGS-32, 1982)
- Discogs: Lily Of The Nile (Water Lily Acoustics)
- Discogs: David Philipson & Mark Nauseef with Hamza El-Din, Venus Square Mars (MA Recordings M028A, 1995)
- Discogs: Koizumi Fumio Memorial Concert (Columbia COCG-12250, 1995)
- Discogs: A Wish (Sounds True STA M110D, 1999)
- Discogs: Available Sound - Darius (Lotus Records LR 9621CD, 1996)
- Discogs: Grateful Dead, Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4 (2008)
- Discogs: Grateful Dead, New Years Eve 1990 Oakland Coliseum Arena (unofficial)
- Discogs: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture Babel (2006)
- Discogs: Goro Ohmi, Guin Saga (Columbia CX-7121, 1983)
- Discogs: The Black Stallion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Discogs: Eclipse (Pacific Arts PACR7-119, 1978)
- Discogs: Muwashshah (Victor VICG-5416, 1995)
- Discogs: حنان النيل, الفرح المهاجر (Hassad 003, 1993)
- Wikidata Q690474 (cross-check only)
- Daniel M. Selznick, Ancient Greek Drama With a Topical Twist (Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov 1993)
- Discogs: Nubiana Suite - Live in Tokio (King Records KICP 87, 1990)
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