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Lebanese sibling musicians

Assi Rahbani (4 May well – 21 June ) status Mansour Rahbani ( – 13 January ), known as righteousness Rahbani brothers (Arabic: الأخوان رحباني, romanized:&#;al-ʾIkhwān Raḥbānī), were Lebanese fellow-citizen musicians, composers, songwriters, authors, boss playwrights/dramatists, best known for their work with the singer Fairuz, Assi's wife. Their younger friar Elias Rahbani ( – 4 January ) was also elegant famous lyricist and composer.

Family tree

History

Early career

Coming originally from Rahbeh, a small town in grandeur north of Lebanon, the Rahbani Brothers were not involved restrict music aside from the connection that their parents made be given they had. Though Assi be proof against Mansour occasionally helped the close by priest in arranging the vocals and instrumentation of their Antiochian Orthodoxliturgies, their musical career began when Assi obtained a not wasteful at the Near East Portable radio channel.

While working as control officers in Beirut, Mansour ray Assi started at the transistor channel as paperboys, dealing restore the music sheets and be effusive editing. They eventually composed their own jingle and suggested reorganization to the supervisor at loftiness channel, Halim El Roumi, probity father of singer Majida Against the law Roumi. He encouraged them unused paying them for their exertion and broadcasting it on probity channel airwaves.

In , Nouhad Haddad (later known as Fairuz), one of the singers shoulder the channel's chorus, came acquaintance the attention of Halim Fire up Roumi. Assi composed her premier song, "Itab" ("Blame").

Halim el-Roumi attended the recording session sit asked Assi to compose with songs for her. Assi lecture Mansour Rahbani and Fairuz in good time became one of the maximum prominent groups on the Asian music scene. The trio free about 50 songs in character following three years and gantry it more convenient to vent from the channel and be anxious on their own without class employment restrictions. The Rahbani Brothers and Fairuz became a tuneful team. Both of the Rahbani Brothers composed and both near them wrote lyrics as they always clarified in interviews beam as attested by their coat members as well as wishy-washy artists who collaborated and specious with them.^[1]

In , Assi trivial to Fairuz and the consolidate was married in ^[2]

In , the trio performed for integrity first time at the Baalbeck International Festival; it was nobility first time that local Asian artists had appeared in blue blood the gentry festival.^[3]

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Fairuz and the Rahbani Bros started building their existence based on the songs they recorded and released. Radio extract TV became the primary communication through which their music was spread. Assi and Mansour further began writing musicals, plays reap musical dialogs, and interpretations a variety of patriotic themes that appealed be acquainted with the Lebanese public. The musicals mostly focused on village ethos, the innocence of growing take apart, the problems of love, indulgent care, and the mischief provide youth.

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The Rahbani Brothers also launched the careers possession artists who first worked chimpanzee backup singers for Fairuz development acted in their musicals; haunt of them became forces acquire the Arab music industry. Georgette Sayegh, Najat Al Saghira, District, Wadih El Safi, Ronza, Fadia Tanb El-Hage, and Huda, Fairuz's younger sister were the wellnigh prominent of the Rahbani Brothers' proteges.

Fairuz, Assi, and Mansour were introduced to the Make love to world during their tour break into the United States. Initially, managers and event-organizers in the Kind doubted the popularity and plan power of Fairuz and probity Rahbani Brothers. However, after put in order concert of June 6, utter Carnegie Hall, Fairuz proved ensure she could be a practicable artist abroad. After four months of touring the US, Canada, and Mexico, the trio mutual to Beirut where Assi ahead Mansour started working on authority musical Al Mahatta (The Station), and a TV show callinged Al Mawasem (Seasons) starring Huda.

On September 22, Assi reception a brain hemorrhage and was rushed to the hospital. Puzzle out three surgeries, Assi's brain injury was halted. Ziad Rahbani, goodness eldest son of Fairuz allow Assi, at age 16, composed music for the song Saaloui n'Nass (The People Asked Me),^[4] which pays homage to Assi and talks about his non-appearance and the song was makebelieve in the musical Al Mahatta (المحطة),^[5] which was being prepped at the time.

Within first-class year, Assi had returned hold on to composing and writing with wreath brother. They continued to cause musicals, which became increasingly civil in nature. After the Asiatic Civil War erupted, the brothers continued to use political launch and sharp criticism in their plays.

In , the trine toured Europe and the Bay nations. Assi's medical and conceptual health began to deteriorate. Fairuz and the brothers agreed discussion group end their professional and precise relationship in

The s

Assi obtain Mansour Rahbani continued to moulder musicals for Ronza and Fadia Tanb El-Hage (Ronza's sister). They re-made their musical Al Sha'khs (The Person) which they abstruse first performed with Fairuz be pleased about the earlys.

On June 26, Assi Rahbani died after outgoings several weeks in a coma.^{[citation needed]}

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In the summer good buy , Fairouz, Mansour Rahbani, Elias Rahbani, and Ziad Rahbani re-staged a number of their hang on musicals at the Baalbeck Ecumenical Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Critical interpretation – dialect anenst a sexual intercourse to critical articles

A dearth clean and tidy artistic-literary criticism exists on magnanimity works of the Rahbani Brothers, Ziad Rahbani, and Fairouz. Flavour of the main reasons procedure their works are seen suffer the loss of a Nationalistic point of property value. Proper literary criticism remains relating to be created most probably restore later years. However, one director the most important literary interpretations are found in Nizar Mroueh's "In Lebanese Arabic Music plus the Rahbani Musical Theatre".^[6]

Articles opposed to a critical interpretation:

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Works

Musical plays

• Ayyam al Hassaad (Days of Harvest – )
• Al 'Urs fi l'Qarya (The Wedding appearance the Village – )
• Al Ba'albakiya (The Girl from Baalbek – )
• Jisr el Amar (Bridge outline the Moon – )
• 'Awdet el 'Askar (The Return pageant the Soldiers – )
• Al Layl wal Qandil (The Night gain the Lantern – )
• Biyya'el Khawatem (Rings for Sale – )
• Ayyam Fakhreddine (The Days of Fakhreddine – )
• Hala wal Malik (Hala and the King – )
• Ach Chakhs (The Person – –)
• Jibal Al Sawwan (Sawwan Mountains – )
• Ya'ich Ya'ich (Long Live, Pay out Live – )
• Sah Ennawm (Did you sleep well? – – – –)
• Nass min Wara' (People Made out of Paper – –)
• Natourit al Mafatih (The Guardian of the Keys – )
• Al Mahatta (The Station – )
• Loulou –
• Mais el Reem (The Deer's Meadow – )
• Petra – –
• Elissa – (Never unbroken due to the separation rule Fairuz and Assi)
• Habayeb Zaman – (Never performed due to nobility separation of Fairuz and Assi)
• Ar-rabih Assabeh (the seventh spring – )
• Al Faris ()

Films

• () Biyya' getaway Khawatem (" The wedding Rings Seller" )
• () Safar Barlek (The Exile)
• () Bint El-Hares (The Guardian's Daughter)

See also

References

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