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Selim el noor

jean luc - 12-13-2003 at 02:24 PM

hello everyone,

Does anybody know something about any recording(s) of an iraqi oudplayer named
Selim or salim el nur ?
i just know that he used to compose quite a few songs and he used to play with great iraqi singer nathem el ghazali...
any help will be most welcome
thanks

TruePharaoh21 - 12-13-2003 at 03:00 PM

I'm not sure of recordings of him personally, but I do know that he made some songs for a singer named Yair Dalal. A little info about him was the following:

SALIM EL NUR - music of the iraqi jews


http://www.yairdalal.com/concerts1.html

A concert dedicated to the music of Salim El Nur, who was born in Baghdad
(1920) and immigrated to Israel at 1950. His most famous compositions is "Ayuha
Al'Saaki" which was written by the Andalusian King Ibn Al Muataz. Salim El Nur
composed the song at the age of 18 and the famous singer Salima Mourad - the
great singer of Iraq pre World War II, performed the song which became a hit
all over the Middle East. In November 2000, Salin El Nur was honored with the
Tel Aviv City prize for his long life creativity

I also found:
http://katalog.jpc-verzeichnis.de/Original%20Classical.html

Hope this helps a little. It gives the name of his most famous song, so that may be a start for you.

TP21

oudman - 12-13-2003 at 04:02 PM

hey
i have some awesome recordings of salim el nours compositions - he wrote some great sama'is. im going to send mike salim el nours sama'i bayati to post on here, because its too big for me to post, let me know what u guys think

jean luc - 12-14-2003 at 06:20 AM

that's great!
thanks to both of you
Quote:
Originally posted by oudman
hey
i have some awesome recordings of salim el nours compositions - he wrote some great sama'is. im going to send mike salim el nours sama'i bayati to post on here, because its too big for me to post, let me know what u guys think

Mike - 12-17-2003 at 03:02 PM

Hey guys,

Many thanks to Oudman for sending me this semai for Salim al Nur. It is really lovely. This guy is an excellent composer and musician.

Take care,
Mike

TruePharaoh21 - 12-17-2003 at 03:11 PM

Wow, this samai kicks some serious ---. Thanks oudman, and of course, thanks Mikey for bringin this to us. This is the first that I've really heard of Salim al nur, but I hope it won't be the last. Keep em comin!

TP21