Sabri Brothers
The Sabri Brothers ( Urdu صابری برادران) were a Qawwali group from Pakistan around the brothers Ghulam Farid Sabri (1930–1994) and Maqbul Ahmed Sabri (1945–2011). Along with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , they were among the most famous interpreters of this Sufi music style in the West.
life and work
The Sabri brothers were born in Kalyana in what is now the Indian state of Haryana , which was formerly part of the Punjab . After the partition of India , they emigrated to Pakistan with their family in 1947. From the age of five they received musical training from their father, Ustādh Inayat Sen Sabri, whose family traces their family tree back to Mian Tansen , a legendary Indian musician at the court of Akbar I.
Maqbul Ahmed Sabri founded his first Qawwali party (“Ensemble”) in 1955, and the following year he founded a duo with his older brother, who was previously a member of Kallan Khan's party. Their collaboration was always overshadowed by fraternal disputes and they worked temporarily as soloists, but found each other again and again until the death of Ghulam Farid Sabri and thus created an extensive work, considerably rougher and more traditionalist than that of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Although they began performing in western countries as early as 1974, they refused to collaborate or cross-overs , saying: “The Sabri Brothers' music is not secular. They don't mix it up with worldly either. It is very important to you to keep your tradition as Sufi music and you will do just that. ”(Eva Skalla, spokeswoman for the Sabri Brothers 1996). With this attitude they never achieved more than a respectable success in the West, but they were able to maintain their artistic integrity in their homeland.
Ghulam Farid Sabri's funeral in Karachi in 1994 was attended by more than 30,000 mourners. His brother Maqbul Ahmed Sabri died of a heart attack in South Africa on September 21, 2011 .
On June 22, 2016, Amjad Sabri, son of Ghulam Sabri and also a member of the music group, was shot dead by motorcyclists while driving in Karachi. According to the singer Fakhr-e-Alam , he had previously applied for personal protection , which was refused by the Home Department. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assumes that the attack is a terrorist act.
Discography
Western publications
- Ya Habib , 1990
- Qawwali Masterworks , 1993
- Kawwali Musicians from Pakistan , 1994
- Ya Mustapha , 1996
- Jami , 1996
- Greatest Hits of Sabri Brothers , Vol. 1-3, 1994-1997
- Qawwali-Sufi Music Of Pakistan , 1998
- Musiciens Kawwali du Pakistan , 1998
- Qawwali: Sufi Music Pakistan , 2002
- Tasleem , 2003
Publications in Pakistan (selection)
- Pyar Ke Morr Par , 1993
- Savere Savere
- La Elah Ki Boli Bol
- Piya Ghar Aaya
- Tajdar-e-Haram
- Ae Mere Hamnasheen
- Khawaja Ki Deewani
- Saqia Aur Pila
- Milta Hai Kya Namaz Main
- Nazan Hai Jis Pe
- Ajmer Ko Jana Hai
- Posheeda Posheeda
- Bala Ghul Ala Be Kamal-e-Hi
- Maikadah
- Hazir Grove
- Ya Rehmat Al-Aalmin
- Jhoole Jhoole Ji Mohammad
- Bindia Lagaon Kabhi
literature
- Sābri Brothers. In: Late Pandit Nikhil Ghosh (Ed.): The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India. Saṅgīt Mahābhāratī. Vol. 3 (P-Z). Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2011, pp. 907 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karla Kelsey: Sabri Brothers to perform traditional Sufi music . In: The Daily Bruin , November 6, 1996; Retrieved July 21, 2012
- ^ Qawwal Maqbool Sabri passes away. ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Nation, September 22, 2011
- ↑ Noted Pakistani Sufi singer shot dead in Karachi . Reuters, June 22, 2016; accessed on June 22, 2016
- ^ Nation mourns Amjad Sabri's death . The Express Tribune, June 22, 2016; accessed on June 22, 2016
