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Ibrāhīm al-ʿIryān

إبراهيم العريان

Born
c. 1892
Cairo, Egypt
Died
1953
Cairo, Egypt
Roles
Composer, Instrumentalist
qānūn

Biography

Ibrahim al-Aryan played qanun using string-stopping and pitch levers. AMAR compares his Odeon performances to explain the techniques.

As printed on the labels العريان

Recordings

Thirty seconds of each recording. The whole recording plays on AMAR Radio and in the Listening room.

  1. Samāʿī bayyātī

    سماعي بياتي

    • Baidaphone
    • 1937
    • Samāʿī
    • 3:18
    3:18

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 030 In the Listening room

  2. Samāʿī faraḥ fazā Ṭanbūrī Jamīl Bey

    سماعي فرح فزا طنبوري جميل بك

    • Odeon
    • 1928
    • Samāʿī
    • 3:06
    3:06

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 009 In the Listening room

  3. Taḥmīla bayyātī

    تحميلة بياتي

    • Pathé
    • 1923
    • Taḥmīla
    • 6:09
    6:09

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 091 In the Listening room

  4. Taqsīm ṣabā

    تقسيم صبا

    • Odeon
    • 1933
    • Taqsīm
    • 3:07
    3:07

    30-second extract Discussed in episode 009 In the Listening room

Heard on the AMAR podcast

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Named in the biography