Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Bacchanalia, for orchestra
- Hindi-yaat, no. 1
- Juxtaposition, no. 1
- Mekta' in the art of kita'
- Tabla-dance
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1921-03-04
- Active to
- 2017-09-02
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Discography
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- Listeners
- 11,642
- Total plays
- 53,381
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electronicmusique concretemusique concrèteegyptianethnomusicologist
Halim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh (Arabic: حليم عبد المسيح الضبع, Ḥalīm ʻAbd al-Masīḥ al-Ḍabʻ; March 4, 1921 – September 2, 2017) was an Egyptian American composer, performer, ethnomusicologist, and educator, who has had a career spanning six decades. El-Dabh is best known as an early pioneer of electro-acoustic music. HIs "Wire Recorder Piece" (1944), produced before the introduction of tape recorders, can be considered the very first piece of Musique Concrete. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ha
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Halim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Cairo
- Place of death
- Kent
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- New England Conservatory
- Employer
- Kent State University
- Languages spoken
- Egyptian Arabic
- Native language
- Egyptian Arabic
- Student of
- Ernst Krenek
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Halim El-Dabh2.jpg
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- Halim El-Dabh
- date of birth
- 1921-03-04
- date of death
- 2017-09-02
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