Rahbani brothers biography books

Lebanese composer

Mansour Rahbani (Arabic: منصور الرحباني, romanized: Manṣūr Al-Raḥbāni; 17 March 1925 – 13 January 2009) was a Lebanesecomposer, musician, poet, philosopher, thinker and producer, known as one of the Rahbani brothers, and the brother-in-law of the singer Fairuz.

Career

During his musical education he collaborated with his brother Assi in creating the Rahbani brothers. They took their new artistic direction to the Lebanese Radio in 1945. The delivery of a ‘Rahbanian’ song was not an easy task;^{[citation needed]} however, it had faced up to the strong current of the traditional song and heritage, which dominated the entirety of the Eastern World since the beginning of the twentieth century, through Salama Hegazi and Abdou El-Hamouli.^{[citation needed]}

The two brothers went on to join the ranks of the Near East Radio, where they composed many artistic works as well as a series of sketches entitled “Sabeh and Makhoul”. When Assi married Nouhad Haddad (also known as Fairuz) in 1955, the two brothers formed a new Rahbani trio with her. They composed poems and songs, which Fairuz would sing with great prowess.

Poetry

Mansour wrote four Diwans in his life as a poet:

1. Al-Quṣur Al-Mai'yya

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   Mansour Rahbani, Birthright of a Family deed a Generation

   
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   A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family

   The Rahbani name is known across the entire Middle East and beyond.  For over 70 years, the family has been producing music and gaining fame in their native Lebanon in the 1950s before becoming household names in many neighboring countries.

   Today, three generations of Rahbanis have become famous musicians, defining and shaping the cultural heritage of Lebanon and bringing their music to the world.

   Fairuz, Assi, & Mansour

   The story of the Rahbani family begins in the late 1940s with two brothers named Assi and Mansour. They were both musically inclined and had received an upbringing that included a fair amount of choral and classical training. Their start in the music industry began with their jobs as paperboys in a local radio station in Beirut, where they were responsible for arranging music sheets and editing lyrics.

   The station served as a platform for the Rahbani brothers to begin writing their own music. They put together a piece of music that impressed the radio station supervisor, Halim El Roumi, and he allowed them to perform their piece on live air. He noted that the two brothers were perfectionists and had a lot of potential as musicians.

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