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Hamza El Din biography, Hamza El Din discography
Early life
2 Career
3 Death
4 Discography
5 Footnotes
6 External links
6.Early life
Born in the village of Toshka, near Wadi Halfa in southern Egypt, he originally trained to be an electrical engineer.Like much of Egyptian Nubia, his home village of Toshka was flooded due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s.Career
In 1964 and 1965, he recorded two albums for Vanguard Records; his 1968 recording Escalay: The Water Wheel is recognized as one of the first world music recordings to gain wide release in the West, and was claimed as an influence by some American minimalist composers, such as Steve Reich and Terry Riley.He performed with the Kronos Quartet on an arrangement of Escalay in 1992.El Din held a number of teaching positions on ethnomusicology in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s (in Ohio University, University of Washington, and the University of Texas), eventually settling in the San Francisco Bay Area after studying the biwa in Tokyo Japan during the 1980s.In 1999, he released his last album, "A Wish".Death
He died on May 22, 2006, after complications following surgery for a gallbladder infection at a hospital in Berkeley, California.He is survived by his wife, Nabra.This page was last modified on 19 November 2008, at 13:59.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Algeria
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U.Berkely, California, USA May 22, 2006) Sudanese performing musician of Islamic Nubian and Arabic Music.Almost 4 decades have elapsed since Hamza El Din started his sacred mission of promoting, developing and presenting the Nubian Culture to the world.His name remains synonymous with Nubia, Nubian Music and culture.His style is simple and majestically powerful.Hamza graduated as an electrical engineer over 4 decades ago when electrical engineers were scarce in his homeland Sudan, and in Egypt, where he got his degree.Hamza el Din died while hospitalized from complications following surgery for a gallbladder infection on May 22, 2006.Biography
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One of the first African musicians to gain widespread international recognition, Hamza El Din is a Nubian master of the oud, or the fretless lute.He played an integral role in modernizing ...Gaelic Storm
What's the Rumpus?You did not enter a search term.One of the first African musicians to gain widespread international recognition, Hamza El Din is a Nubian master of the oud, or the fretless lute.El Din also helped arrange the Dead's tour of Egypt.He played an integral role in modernizing Nubian music, using his work to both evoke and tell stories of Nubian life.El Din was originally trained to be an engineer, but changed direction and enrolled in the Middle Eastern School of Music, where he began to compose his own songs.On a fellowship to study Western classical music in Rome, he met American Gino Foreman, who exposed Hamza's work to Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.Instrumental and Vocal Music From Nubia, was one of the first "world music" recordings to achieve wide exposure in the West.El Din was originally trained to be an engineer, but changed direction and enrolled in the Middle Eastern School of Music, where he began to compose his own songs.This resulted in a contract with Vanguard.Escalay record, raising his profile in the U.Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide', 'One of the first African musicians to gain widespread international recognition, Hamza El Din is a Nubian master of the oud, or the fretless lute.One of the first African musicians to gain widespread international recognition, Hamza El Din is a Nubian master of the oud, or the fretless lute.Write a ReviewYour TakeTell the world what you think about Hamza el Din!"Visit other CBS Interactive SitesSelect SiteBNETCBS College SportsCBS RadioCBS.
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