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Cheikh Raymond
Arts & Music
27
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Cheikh Raymond

ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ ุฑูŠู…ูˆู† (ุฑูŠู…ูˆู† ู„ูŠุฑูŠุณ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1912 โ€“ 1961 (48 years old)

Revered Algerian Jewish virtuoso of the Andalusian Malouf tradition, master of the oud, whose concert orchestra united Jewish and Muslim musicians in the shared sacred heritage of Constantine.

Constantine, Algeria
Zakaria Ahmed
Arts & Music
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Zakaria Ahmed

ุฒูƒุฑูŠุง ุฃุญู…ุฏ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1896 โ€“ 1961 (65 years old)

Foundational musical maestro and Azhari scholar known as 'Sheikh Zakaria', who composed over 1,000 melodies, transformed the taqtuqa song form, and composed sixty monumental classics for Umm Kulthum.

Cairo, Egypt
Adham Wanly
Arts & Music
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Adham Wanly

ุฃุฏู‡ู… ูˆุงู†ู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1908 โ€“ 1959 (51 years old)

Master modernist painter celebrated for his fluid, luminous depictions of the opera, ballet dancers, circus performances, and the bustling maritime streets of Alexandria.

Alexandria, Egypt
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Arts & Music
36
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Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
5 March 1887 โ€“ 17 November 1959 (72 years old)

Preeminent Latin American classical composer who synthesized indigenous Brazilian folk traditions, urban choro rhythms, and Bachian counterpoint into over two thousand works, including the beloved Bachianas Brasileiras and Chรดros.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mohamed Touri
Arts & Music
6
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Mohamed Touri

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุชูˆุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1914 โ€“ 1959 (44 years old)

Brilliant early comedic playwright and actor whose satirical plays dismantled colonial corruption, dying prematurely in 1959 after suffering brutal mistreatment in colonial prisons.

Algiers, Algeria
Lester Young
Arts & Music
33
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Lester Young

Lester Willis Young
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1909 โ€“ 1959 (49 years old)

American jazz tenor saxophonist dubbed 'Pres', whose relaxed, airy tone, floating rhythmic phrasing, and hipster slang provided the foundational inspiration for cool jazz and bebop.

New York City, United States
Saliha
Arts & Music
21
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Saliha

ุตู„ูŠุญุฉ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1914 โ€“ November 26, 1958 (44 years old)

Incomparable Tunisian vocalist whose velvety, melancholy voice and deep mastery of Bedouin desert melodies and classical malouf made her the uncontested sovereign diva of Tunisian traditional music.

Tunis, Tunisia
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