
Om (or Oum, Omm, Omme, Oom, Um, Umm) Kalsoum (or Kalsum, Kaltsoum, Kalthoum, Kalthum, Kalthoom, Khalsoum, Khalsum, Khalthoum, Khalthum, Kaltoum, Kolsoum, Kolsum, Kolthoum, Kolthum, Kolthom, Koolsum, Koulsoum, Koulsoun, Koulthoum, Kultum, Kulthum, Kulthume, Kelthoom) singing "Fakarouni" (They reminded me). أم كلثوم - فكروني ______________________________ UMM KULTHUM - THE STAR OF THE EAST Egyptian-born voice of Arabs: Umm Kulthum (1898-1975): Umm Kulthum is the Arab world's most famous and distinguished singer of the 20th Century. Few Westerners ever fathomed the appeal of Umm Kulthum, the buxom, handkerchief-waving Egyptian singer who was known to her Middle Eastern fans as The Nightingale of the Nile. She had a stentorian contralto and a quavering wail that grated on the ears of those attuned to the trills of opera divas. Not only was her voice strong, but she perfected a technique of rephrasing passages. She once sang a single line in 52 different ways — that drove audiences to rapture. Her voice was a near-perfect instrument for expressing the sinuous quarter tones of Arabic music. The French described her performance at the Olympia Hall (28, Boulevard des Capucines, F-75009 Paris) in 1967 as an "emotional marathon". Umm Kulthum was regarded as the "incomparable voice" by the "diva of opera music" herself, Maria Callas. ______________________________ Oum Kalthoum - She had the musicality of Ella Fitzgerald, the public presence of Eleanor Roosevelt and the audience of <b>...</b>
Egyptian
singer
Om
Kalsoum
Fakkarooni
Tarab
Kawkab
El-Sharq
Voice
of
Egypt
Arab
Music
Fakarony
Fakaroni
Fakarouni
Mohamed
Abdel-Wahab
Classic
Opera
Contralto
Pyramides
Muslim
Islam
Tunis
أم
كلثوم
محمد
عبد
الوهاب
فريد
الأطرش
أسمهان
حفلة
الكويت
سينما
الأندلس
الأطلال
الاطلال
كوكب
الشرق
ام
الله
يا
حفل
تونس
Robert
Dominkovic