Edmond Yafil

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Edmond Yafil
Edmond Nathan Yafil
Edmond Nathan Yafil
Background information
Birth nameEdmond Nathan Yafil
Born1874
Algiers, Algeria
DiedOctober 1928
Algiers, Algeria
GenresAndalusian classical music
Occupation(s)Singer, musician

Edmond Nathan Yafil (1874 – October 1928) was an Algerian composer.

Biography[]

Native Jew born in Algiers in 1874, Yafil began, as all the musicians of his time, by attending the Moorish cafés of the old Casbah Algiers places where perpetuated the tradition of Çan'a music, also referred to as Andalusian classical music.

He will collaborate with Jules Rouanet on the cataloging of Çan'a music and in theater with Mahieddine Bachtarzi and Ali Sellali. He is buried at the St. Eugene Cemetery.

Bibliography[]

  • Répertoire de musique arabe et maure : collection de mélodies, ouvertures, noubet, chansons, préludes, etc. / recueillie par Edmond-Nathan Yafil, sous la direction de Jules Rouanet.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Yafil, Edmond-Nathan; Rouanet, Jules (1904). "Répertoire de musique arabe et maure : Collection de mélodies, ouvertures, noubet, chansons, préludes, etc. / Recueillie par Edmond-Nathan Yafil, sous la direction de Jules Rouanet". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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