[Reader-list] Om Kulsum: Modern Legend of ARAB MUSEquee.

[Inder Salim]

Om (or Oum, Omm, Omme, Oom, Um, Umm) Kalsoum (or Kalsum, Kaltsoum,
Kalthoum, Kalthum, Kalthoom, Khalsoum, Khalsum, Khalthoum, Khalthum,
Kaltoum, Kolsoum, Kolsum, Ko...v

Her funeral , in 1975, was attended by over 4 million mourners—one of
the largest gatherings in history

A typical Umm Kulthum concert consisted of the performance of two or
three songs over a period of three to six hours

A typical improvisatory technique of hers was to repeat a single
phrase or sentence of a song's lyrics over and over, subtly altering
the emotive emphasis and intensity each time to bring her audiences
into a euphoric and ecstatic state, and was considered to "have never
sung a line the same way twice

a sample of her music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS1xMOo8LqY&feature=PlayList&p=1C547DCD41EB94DF&index=0&playnext=1

belly dancers on her Ali Laila
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqIkq49Jal0&feature=related

there is lot to hear and lot to see....

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