The life of marcel khalife mp3
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Marcel Khalife مارسيل خليفة - Discography
Marcel Khalife was born on June 10, in Amchit, Lebanon. He studied the oud (the Arabic lute) at the Beirut National Conservatory of Music and graduated in , and, ever since, has been injecting a new life into the oud.
From to , Marcel Khalife taught at the Beirut National Conservatory of Music, public Universities and other local private music institutions. During that same period, he toured the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the United States giving solo performances on the oud.
Oud playing was traditionally constrained by the strict techniques that governed its playing. Highly talented and skillful musicians such as Marcel Khalife were, however, able to free the instrument from those constraints and thus greatly expanding its possibilities.
In , Marcel Khalife created a musical group in his native village, Amchit, with the goal of reviving its musical heritage and the Arabic chorale. The first performances took
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The Pigeons Fly
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The pigeons fly the pigeons descend Prepare the land for me so I can rest because inom love you until I'm weary Your morning is fruit from song and this evening's made of gold And we are ours when a shadow enters its shadow in marble, and when I hang myself it is myself I resemble on a neck that embraces only clouds. You are the air undressing before me like tears of grapes, you are the start of a family of waves gripping the shore and estranging itself, and I love you, you're my soul's beginning and you're the end The pigeons fly the pigeons descend
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And We Love Life
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And we love life if we find a way to it. We dance between two martyrs and we raise a minaret for violet or palm trees. We love life if we find a way to it. And we steal from the silkworm a thread to build a sky and fence-in this departure. We open the garden gate for the jasmine to go out as a beautiful day on the streets. We love li
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Marcel Khalife
Taqasim
(Nagam)
Douglas Heselgrave's #3 album for
First Appeared in The Music Box, December , Volume 14, #12
Written by Douglas Heselgrave
Tue December 11, , AM CST
Taqasim, the latest release from Lebanese composer and oud master Marcel Khalife, is one of those rare recordings of world music that is destined to become an enduring classic around the globe. Transcending musical and cultural boundaries, each of its three lengthy compositions will be appreciated immediately by jazz and acoustic music fans everywhere. In Khalife’s hands, the Arabic lute or oud reaches a level of expression that quite literally leaves listeners gasping in disbelief. This is an album for the ages that is every bit the equal of anything that has been recorded in the past decade.
To compare Khalife’s playing with Ravi Shankar, Stephane Grappelli, and, at his most intuitive and free flowing, Jerry Garcia may seem hyperbolic. In truth, however, there are no recent parallels