Umm Kulthum even attended Rawheya's daughter's wedding, although she ordinarily preferred not to appearing in public offstage | Wi-darit il-ayyam "And time passed by" Maqam Nahwand 1970• Her performances combined raw emotion and political rhetoric; she was greatly influential and spoke about politics through her music |
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"Quatrains of " Maqam Rast 1950• Ya Zalemny "You who were unjust to me" 1954 Maqam Kurd• Ental Hobb "You are the love" Maqam Nahwand 1965• Her concerts used to broadcast from Thursday 9 |
However, Umm Kulthum was not stylistically influenced by opera, and she sang solo most of her career.
The mourners would also force the procession to change its direction and brought her coffin to the prominent | Ya Karawan "O plover" 1926• Ansak Ya Salam "Forget you? Lel Sabr Hedod "Patience has limits" Maqam Sika 1964• Other musicians who influenced her musical performances at the time where or [] |
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In keeping with changing popular taste as well as her own artistic inclinations, in the early 1940s, she requested songs from composer and colloquial poet cast in styles considered to be indigenously Egyptian | Qasabgi was experimenting with Arabic music, under the influence of classical European music, and was composing a lot for , a singer who immigrated to Egypt from Syria and was the only serious competitor for Umm Kulthum before Asmahan's death in a car accident in 1944 |
Umm Kulthum also sang for composers Mohammad El Mougi, , and.
18Following the formation of the UAE in 1971, she staged several concerts upon invitation of its first president to celebrate the event | Leilet Hobb "A night of love" 1973 Maqam Nahawand• Rihab al-huda al-Thulathiyah al-Muqaddisah "The paths to repentance or the holy trinity" 1972• Her songs took on more a soul-searching quality in 1967 following the defeat of Egypt during the Six-Day War |
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She also maintained a tightly managed public image, which undoubtedly added to her allure |
Ana Fi Entezarak "I am waiting for you" 1943• Some claim that Umm Kulthum's popularity helped Nasser's political agenda.
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