Bakri Al Kurdi

Songs on the Oud

• Ma Shmmamt Al Ward (Every Scent of the Rose Deepened My Yearning for You)
• Bl Lel Janah Al Zalam (As Night Descended, Darkness Reigned)
• Mawal Qamr Fi Manazel Al Housni Yasri (The Moon Travels In the Mansions of Beauty)
• Ana Hawet (I Fell In Love)

• Ana Hawet (I Fell In Love)
• Ya Zahr 'Al Aghsan (O Flower On The Branches)
• Anta W Ana W Al Hob Ma'ana (You and I and Love With Us)

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A cassette featuring various songs composed and sung by the artist Bakri Al Kurdi. Bakri Al Kurdi (1909-1978) was a Syrian composer and minstrel, born Bakir Mustafa Bakir in Jisr Al Shughour in the Idlib Governorate. He later relocated to Aleppo to pursue his education. Al Kurdi learned to play the oud from the famous qanun player Sami Sonduq. His love for the performing arts led him to spend six years in the theater as a singer and actor. However, at the age of 25, he decided to step away from singing to focus entirely on composing. During this time, he worked as a muezzin at the Malkhana Mosque in Aleppo. In the 1940s, Al Kurdi formed a partnership with poet Hussam Al Din Al Khatib, composing Aleppo-style qudud and creating music for a range of artists, including Nour Al Huda, Mary Gibran, Leila Nazmi, Mohamed Khairi, and Sabah Fakhry. When Aleppo Radio was established in 1949, Al Kurdi joined the station. There, he composed and broadcast the poem Salma 'and the song Al Qalb Mal Lil Jamal. These works brought him widespread recognition. Later, he stepped away from radio to dedicate himself to the role of muezzin at the Great Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo, where he remained until his passing