Ismā‘īl Sukkar

إسماعيل سكّر

Roles
Composer, Reciter, Singer

Biography

Shaykh Ismail Sukkar is a singer and chanter named on original Baidaphon records.

L’Orient sonore presents Taallam Bukaya as vocal improvisation on classical Arabic poetry. Muhammad Gibril describes him as a dhikr composer and Sukkar library proprietor who encouraged Dawud Husni’s musical pursuits.

As printed on the labels Cheikh Ismail Sekrالشيخ اسمعيل سكر

Recordings

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

  1. Tawshīḥ Bulbul al-Afrah (Tawshih LeJalalat al-Malek Fu'ad)

    توشيح بلبل الأفراح

    • Baidaphone
    • 1925
    • Tawshīḥ
    • 2:09
    2:09

    30-second extract In the Listening room

  2. تعلّم بكايا (نهاوند)

    In L’Orient sonore

Heard on the AMAR podcast

More episodes

Named in the biography