Sarah Salah Thursday, November 30, 2023 09:00 AM
Today is Thursday, the musician’s birthday Riad Al-SunbatiAs he was born on November 30, he collaborated with great singers on his tunes and contributed to creating the most prominent songs.
In a rare video by Riad Al-Sunbati, he said: “The talent of composing is from God. Not every time I appreciate the melody. Sometimes I sit for a day or two at the beginning of a song, and sometimes in the blink of an eye the melody is ready.” He said that Arab and Western music are like “the fez and the burnet” in Arabic music. Talent is more than study, and we must care about the buds so that they combine talent and study.”
The late musician was born in the city of Faraskur in Damietta Governorate, to the father of a singer and oud player, Sheikh Muhammad Al-Sunbati, and he was alone among his sisters. Al-Sunbati moved with his family to Mansoura and studied in its schools. His passion for music and singing appeared since his childhood, so he learned to play the qanun, and learned from his father old roles and stanzas. Riyad turned to learning the oud and began performing concerts until he became famous and was called Bulbul Mansoura, and began his career in the world of music.
He contributed to the production of the most prominent songs, such as Al-Atlal with Umm Kulthum, “I Saw My Love” by Muhammad Abdel Muttalib, “The Game of Days” by Warda, “Who Buys Roses” by Laila Murad, “Melody of Loyalty” by Nightingale Abdel Halim Hafez and other songs. He wrote important songs in Oudh. Record Arabic music.
Riyad Al-Sunbati’s artistic works exceed the barrier of a thousand melodies, and Umm Kulthum’s credit included 282 songs and poems, including her famous icons, “I see you as a stick of tears, and I still remember, and my heart is confused with you, and what should I tell you about longing,” and “Night and Day,” and “Flood and See,” and “Al-Atlal” and Riyad Al-Sunbati’s melody is all The poems sung by Umm Kulthum are from the poetry of Ahmed Shawqi, a total of 10 poems.
