Jono Oud N.Z - 11-10-2019 at 11:22 AM
Hello to all 
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i have been exploring this song a lot lately:
https://youtu.be/za2kiZPxFRg
This song is in the hijazkar kurd maqam with very effective modulations.
The recording sounds like a 1940's period Oum Kalsoum to me.
Can anyone help me with any information on this song please?
Brian Prunka - 11-11-2019 at 11:31 PM
This site is a useful resource:
http://almashriq.hiof.no/egypt/700/780/umKoulthoum/Songs/
According to them, it's by Riad al Sounbati and was composed in 1949
Jono Oud N.Z - 11-18-2019 at 11:51 AM
Thank you Brian.
The site you linked to is exactly what I was looking for .
I have been also listening to Raq el Habib
https://youtu.be/DBDhNWwwsOc - and stumbled on this blog; it has some interesting comments and analysis as well as different recordings.
http://bodegapop.blogspot.com/2012/10/oum-kalthoum-raq-el-habib.htm...
This is the info' from the Al Mashriq site on this one:
Raqq il-habib, composed in 1941 by Mohammad al-Qasabji and Ahmad Ramy in the Nahawand maqam, Ughniyah form.
Ghana el Rabea is another one from the same (CLASSIC AS!) period (1940's) of Oum Kalsoum's recordings.
https://youtu.be/ID4M80reYcc
Ghanna al-rabi, composed by Riad al-Sunbati and Ahmad Ramy, Maqam Rast, Ughniyah form (Al Mashriq site).
Jono Oud N.Z - 11-18-2019 at 12:11 PM
Just stumbled on this Oum Kalsoum discography from a Turkish site:
http://www.ummugulsum.com/sarkilarinin-listesi