markus - 9-10-2009 at 07:03 AM
Dear all
this is my first contribution to your great forum,though i have been following it up quite interestedly for a while- i play oud and oriental clarinet
and depite my greek background i am fascinated by sayed darweesh and coptic music, following the steps of the great cantor michael moussa who devoted
his life to gathering and reviving coptic music heritage and composing in the classical melasmatic coptic style. this long encounter with michael has
given me me the chance to explore his deep sprituality as a christian sofist pure of any partaility or fanatism but niether myslef or any other
friend/scholar has managed to bring to the circle of light his multitalents as a great doctor"consultant paediatrician", peot, musicologist and last
but not least as unsuperseded luthier- i have witnessed the birth of his master pieces namely his gift ouds to the brothers mohammed and mustafa anter
the replical of abelaziz al lethy to kelly and ammar, the eplica of abdu nahat to glen and adel salama, the replica of manoli (kept by michael) and
the repica of khalil al gohari under construction but by far the greatest oud i have ever seen and played was the zebrano bashir replica gifted to
emad nairus the conductor of the ctv channel. these replicas as well as his own designs are too good to be true, very reasonablly priced and on may
occasions were better than the original. so, i decided after a long conflict to give off my nahat oud so that i can buy 4 of michael maior styles. the
oud was built by george hana nahat 1940, all original, excellent condition highly decorated with mosaic back, ivory sofisticated rose, and mother of
pearl fingerboard - i left the instument with michael and tried to upload some of the photos - i will accept 3500 uro or £3000
- for ary questions contact me or michael
mgmmoussa@yahoo.com
markus-507@gmx.com
i tried to attach cilps and foto with no luck can anybody help
Kelly - 9-10-2009 at 12:56 PM
Greetings Marcus and welcome to the forum.
Michael Moussa does produce some fine instruments indeed. You will be in heaven with four of his ouds to play on.!
You could ask Mike Malik to help you post up the pictures and sound files.
All the best with sale. I just wish I had the beans right now as your Nahat is a fine instrument.
Ararat66 - 9-10-2009 at 02:00 PM
Hi Marcus
I've met Michael a few times and am really fond of him, he's a true gent, very talented and passionate about music - its great to hear you talk of him
in those terms -
good luck with the oud
Hey Kelly
we've just got our allotment and have traded the house in for some magic beans ... is this a good plan? please advise.
Leon
fernandraynaud - 9-10-2009 at 04:57 PM
Markus,
Any photos must be under 1 MB and also must be smaller than 850 x 1500 pixels. Anything that exceeds these maximums will be ignored with no warning.
Any sound file must be under 1 MB, so convert to MP3 and if still too big, break up into smaller segments.
Then use the full form from the "Post Reply" button and not the quick form at the bottom of the posts, look for "attachment" and click on Browse to
go to your file to upload the file.
After you have attached one this way, test with the "Preview Post" button. Make sure there is a thumbnail or link to your file, and test it by
clicking on it. Then you can try to add another by scrolling down and clicking on "click here to upload another file, or just create another message
and attach one file per message.
Does that help?