Baligh Hamdi

Baligh Abdel Hamid Hamdi Morsi (حمدي ، بليغ Balīġ Ḥamdī , born October 7, 1932 in Cairo , † September 17, 1993 in Paris ) was an Egyptian composer.

Hamdi was the son of a physics professor and had piano and violin lessons from the age of nine, and oud was added a few years later . He attended AbdelHafid Amam's class for traditional music and studied music with Derwish ElHariri while attending grammar school . He then began to study law, but continued his musical training until he began a professional career as a musician in 1954.

Supported by his teacher Hassan Eshûgaï , he appeared on the radio as a singer and composed his first songs. His first big success was the song Elhob eïh , which the singer Oum Kalsoum interpreted in 1959. He then wrote titles like Why no and Thbinish Be Al Shakl Dah for Fayza Ahmed and Tkhounoh , El Toba , Gana El Howa . Sawah , Zay El Howa and Hawel Teftikerni for Abdel Halim Hafez . Since the 1960s he has been one of the most successful composers in the Arab world, whose songs have been written by singers such as Najat Essaghira , Mohammed Roshdy , Faïza Ahamad , Moharram Fûad , Sharifa Fadel , Hani Shaker , Samira Bensaïd , Shahrazad , Aziza Jalal , Warda , Sabah , Mayada El Hennawy , Shadia and Leila Mourad were sung.

In addition to songs, Hamdi composed the music for several feature films, including Habibati ya misr , Mahr elarûssa , Ya banat skandaria , Tamar henna and Hikayti mâa ezzaman and for more than twenty television series and several musical comedies.

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SURNAME	Hamdi, Baligh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	HAmdi Morsi, Baligh Abdel Hamid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Egyptian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 7, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cairo
DATE OF DEATH	17th September 1993
Place of death	Paris