Halim el-Roumi
Halim el-Roumi حليم الرومي | |
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 Halim in his early years. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Halim el-Roumi |
| Born | July 1919 Lebanon |
| Origin | Tyre, Lebanon |
| Died | 1 November 1983 (aged 64) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Genres | Arabic, classical |
| Occupation(s) | composer and singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | Early 1950s – 1970s |
Halim el-Roumi (حليم الرومي) (July 1919 – 1983) was a singer and composer from Lebanon.
Born in Lebanon to Lebanese parents, he began his amateur artistic career in 1935. Later, as a radio chief in the Near East (Mahattat Ach-Charq Al Adna), he discovered the singer Fairuz.[1] He composed her music, introduced her to the choir of Radio Liban and was the originator of her stage name.[2] El-Roumi also became director of Radio libanaise.[2]
He is famous for composing the poem La Volonté de vivre (إرادة الحياة) by the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi for the Arab singer Souad Mohamed.[3]
He was the father of Majida El Roumi.
References
- ^ (in French) Fairouz et le Liban (Arte.tv) Archived 18 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b (in French) Biography of Fairuz (Hall de la chanson)
- ^ (in French) Ali Ouertani, "La poésie chantée de Chebbi", La Presse de Tunisie, 1 March 2009[permanent dead link]
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