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Walking in the Neighborhood for piano solo. Autograph musical manuscript by EL-DABH, Halim 1921-2017

by EL-DABH, Halim 1921-2017

Walking in the Neighborhood for piano solo. Autograph musical manuscript by EL-DABH, Halim 1921-2017

Walking in the Neighborhood for piano solo. Autograph musical manuscript

by EL-DABH, Halim 1921-2017

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3ff. Small folio. Notated in pencil on one side of the leaf only. On "Judy Green Music... T-56" paper. With title, "To Elizabeth Barth," "Piano," and composer's name in block letters at head. Signed and dated "Kent, OH 3-12-97" at conclusion. Apparently complete.

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- Walking in the Neighbourhood. Sketches. 1 leaf. Large folio. Notated in pencil on one side of the leaf only. Titled at head in pencil with "Separate but related to Voices in the Cloud" in blue ink below. Signed in pencil at upper outer corner. With several notational additions in the composer's autograph in blue ink. Apparently unrecorded. We have been unable to locate any information on this composition.

An Egyptian-born American composer, performer, ethnomusicologist, and educator, El-Dabh came to the United States in 1950, becoming a part of the New York music scene that included Cage, Varèse, and Hovhaness. He went on to study composition with Krenek, Copland, Dallapiccola, and others.

"El-Dabh's compositional style is influenced by Egyptian folk and traditional music. Frequently monodic, his works feature complex rhythms and much use of percussion. His career was launched in 1949 with a highly acclaimed performance of It is Dark and Damp on the Front (1948) at All Saints Cathedral, Cairo. In 1950 he made his début as a solo drummer, under the direction of Stokowski, in the first performance of Tahmeela. Other works include Clytemnestra (1958), One More Gaudy Night (1961), A Look at Lightning (1962) and Lucifer (1975), commissioned by Martha Graham; Sound and Light of the Pyramids of Giza (1960), written for the Cultural Ministry of the Egyptian Government and performed daily at the pyramids; and New Pharaoh's Suite, written for the Cleveland Museum of Art to accompany a visiting Ethiopian exhibit from the Louvre (1996). Spectrum no.1 'Symphonies in Sonic Vibration' (1955) and Leiyla and the Poet (1959) have been recorded." Denise A. Seachrist in Grove Music Online.

An early pioneer of electronic music, El-Dabh composed one of the earliest known works of tape music, or "musique concrète," in 1944, The Expression of Zaar.

"El-Dabh is probably the best known composer of Arabic descent and his works are highly regarded in Egypt, where he is considered the foremost living composer among that nation's 'second generation' of contemporary composers." Wikipedia.
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  • Keywords 20th century American music, autograph musical manuscripts of 20th century Egyptian-American composers, autograph musical manuscripts of 20th century American composers, autographs of 20th century Egyptian composers, autographs of 20th century Americ
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