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UW Ethnomusicology Archives concert recordings: Hamza El-Din, 1980-03-15
Overview of the Collection
- Col
- University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
- Title
- UW Ethnomusicology Archives concert recordings: Hamza El-Din
- Dates
- 1980-03-151980-03-151980-03-15
198019801980 - Quantity
- 3 items : OT - 3 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7"); WT - 2 reels (7 1/2 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 10"); Duration: 1:28:48
- Collection Number
- 1980008
- Summary
- Recorded March15, 1980 at the University of Washington Music Auditorium.
- Repository
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University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Unrestricted: collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Hamza El Din is considered the father of modern Nubian music. He was born in Toshka, Nubia, Egypt. Hamza studied at King Fouad University (now the University of Cairo), then enrolled in the Popular University and at Ibrahim Shafiq's Institute of Music (Shafiq was renowned as a master of Arabian music and of the Muwashshah rhyme forms). Following graduation, he continued his studies at the King Fouad Institute for Middle Eastern Music, mastering the oud. Later, with an Italian government grant, he studied Western music and classical guitar at the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Next he emigrated to the U.S., where he lived and worked as a recording and concert artist, and taught as an ethnomusicologist in several American universities, including the University of Ohio (Athens), the University of Washington (Seattle) and the University of Texas (Austin). Aided by a grant from the Japan Foundation, he went to Tokyo to make a comparative study between the Arabian oud and the Japanese biwa during the 1980's. Today He resides in the San Francisco Bay area, and continues composing, teaching, recording and keeping a busy worldwide concert schedule. Hamza El Din composed music for the Kronos Quartet and for the play "The Persians" (directed by Peter Sellars). In recent years, he performed at major festivals including Edinburgh, Salzburg, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Montreux, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Monterey and Festival Cervantino (Guanajuato, Mexico).
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Recorded by Gary Margason with Nagra.
Oxide shed on original tapes noted 2/92; baked before WTs made.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Arab Sudan
- Concerts
- Ethnomusicology
- Video recordings in ethnomusicology
Geographical Names
- Middle East--Middle East--General Middle East
- Seattle (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Video recordings
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- El Din, Hamza, 1929-2006 (prf)