Samy Elmaghribi

سامي المغربي (Known as "Salomon Amzallag")

Singer, Composer, Oud Virtuoso, Master of Andalusian Classical Heritage

Born Apr 14, 1922

Safi, Morocco

Passed Away Mar 09, 2008 Montreal, Canada

Lifespan 85 years old

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"My voice was born in Safi, breathed the sea of Rabat, and will echo in the courts of eternity."

Archival Overview

Legendary Judeo-Moroccan maestro and cantor who revived classical Andalusian nubahs and popular Chaabi classics, serving as musical director of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal.

Biographical Record

Born Salomon Amzallag in the Atlantic port of Safi, he moved to Rabat where he studied at the Conservatoire de Musique. Developing a sublime mastery of the Arabo-Andalusian musical modes (ala), he founded his own orchestra in Casablanca in the 1940s.

His renditions of classic qasidas like Omri Maninsak Ya Mama and Al-Hbiba Qadaba were beloved across all Moroccan households. In diaspora in Canada and France, he directed liturgical music and trained generations of cantors in ancient Sephardic-Moroccan modes.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Kehal Yeshurun Cemetery
Montreal, Canada

                         GPS: 45.5017, -73.5673                    

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