Dawood Hosni
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Dawood Hosni 🇪🇬

داود حسني (ديفيد حاييم ليفي) (Known as "Maestro Dawood")
Titan of Modern Egyptian Music, Pioneer of Arab Operetta, Composer for Umm Kulthum and Asmahan
Born Feb 26, 1870 🇪🇬 Haret al-Yahud (Cairo), Egypt
Passed Away Dec 10, 1937 Cairo, Egypt
Lifespan 67 years old
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"The notes of Egyptian melody belong to no single creed; they are the common spring that quenches the thirst of all souls."

Archival Overview

Pioneering Jewish-Egyptian musical genius who composed the first complete modern Arabic operetta (Sabah, 1919), recorded over 500 classical taqatiq, and discovered and trained young Umm Kulthum and Asmahan.

Biographical Record

Born David Haim Levi in the Jewish quarter of Cairo, Dawood Hosni studied the oud and classical modal improvisation under master Mohamed Shaaban. Winning first prize at the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music, he was celebrated as one of the great renovators of Egyptian musical form.

He composed thirty full theatrical musical operettas for troupes like Naguib el-Rihani and Okasha Brothers, including Ma'ruf al-Iskafi and Cleopatra. He composed eleven landmark songs for Umm Kulthum (including Kuntu Khali) and gave young Amal al-Atrash her immortal stage name 'Asmahan'.

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Bassatine Jewish Cemetery
Cairo, Egypt
GPS: 29.9850, 31.2750
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