Halim el-Roumi

Halim el-Roumi
حليم الرومي
Halim in his early years.
Halim in his early years.
Background information
Birth nameHalim el-Roumi
BornJuly 1919
Lebanon
OriginLebanese
Died1 November 1983(1983-11-01) (aged 64)
Beirut, Lebanon
GenresArabic, classical
Occupation(s)composer and singer
InstrumentVocals
Years activeEarly 1950s – 1970s

Halim el-Roumi (Arabic: حليم الرومي) (July 1919 – 1983) was a Lebanese singer and composer.

Born in Tyre, Lebanon to Lebanese parents , he began his amateur artistic career in 1935, when he was in Haifa, Palestine. Later, as a radio chief first in Haifa and then in Lebanon, he discovered the singer Fairuz.[1] He composed her music, introduced her to the choir of Radio Liban and was the originator of her stage name.[2] El-Roumi also became director of Radio libanaise.[2]

He is famous for composing the poem La Volonté de vivre (إرادة الحياة) by the Tunisian poet Aboul-Qacem Echebbi for the Arab singer Souad Mohamed.[3] He is the father of Majida Al Roumi.

Life

Al Roumi was born in 1915, in Tyre, South Lebanon.[4] His family moved to Haifa, Palestine when he was two years old. He joined the Music Academy of Haifa and participated in festivals and concerts that would take place there.

In the early 1940s, he began working in the Near East Broadcasting Station in Jafa as a singer, composer, and musician. He was promoted to Head of the musical section of the radio station.[5] In July 1949, he married Mary Lotfy, an Egyptian woman,[4] possibly of Palestinian descent.[6] He had four children: Maha, Mona, Majida, and Awadh.

Work with Fairuz

It was Al Roumi who discovered Fairuz, and introduced her to Assy El Rahbani, her future husband and one of the Rahbani brothers.[4] He is credited with having given Fairuz, née Nohad Haddad,[7] her stage name.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Fairouz et le Liban (Arte.tv)". Archived from the original on 18 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b chanson, Le Hall de la. "Le Hall de la chanson". Le Hall de la chanson.
  3. ^ (in French) Ali Ouertani, "La poésie chantée de Chebbi", La Presse de Tunisie, 1 March 2009[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b c "حليم الرومي.. مكتشف فيروز الذي ألّف نحو ألفي لحن" [Halim Al-Rumi... the discoverer of Fairouz, who composed about two thousand melodies]. Al Jazeera Documentaries.
  5. ^ Makarem, Racha (4 November 2010). "Fairuz: the voice of Lebanon". The National. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  6. ^ "والدة ماجدة الرومي.. العِرق «المصري الفلسطيني» في ملاك الغناء العربي" [Magda Al-Roumi’s mother...the Egyptian-Palestinian origin of the "Angel of Arabic singing"]. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Fairouz Turns 85: Here Are 7 Facts About the Legendary Singer". Vogue Arabia. 21 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Singer Majida El Roumi criticized for comments about Lebanon". Her father, composer and singer Halim El Roumi, was famed for discovering Lebanon's legendary singer, Fairouz.
  9. ^ "Check Out The Story Behind Fairouz's Name". 961. 9 February 2019.


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