Soliman Gamil

Soliman Gamil was a musicologist and composer who lived and worked in Cairo, Egypt. Born in 1924, his soundtracks for theatre and film have won international awards. His compositions are frequently used for radio and television. Soliman Gamil died in 1994.


Ankh(1990)



Dance Of Ka
Lamentation
Pharoah Funeral Process
Isis Looks For Osiris
Supplication
Echoes Of Memphis
Dance Of Gaiety
Shadows In The Desert
Alexandrian Dance
Cairo At Dawn
Dance Of The Campaign
Village And Town
Ghost Dance
Dervish Dance
Clown Dance

Soliman Gamil uses mainly Egyptian folk instruments such as nay, kanoun, daf, mouzmar, arghous but also (ordinary) cello, oboe, clarinet, violin, etc.

Ankh is the Egyptian symbol of life aka Ank and Crux Ansata (Latin).

The Egyptian Music (1987)



Melody Of Nile
The Sinsimia
Melody Of Love
Inshad
Rhythmic Dialoque
Promenade On The Nile
Sufi Dialogue
Valley Of Kings And Queens
Sacred Lake
Collecting The Harvest
Pretence And Destiny
The New Nubia

Recorded in Cairo, Egypt.
Thanks to Suraya Moyine, The Egyptian State Information Service.






L'Art Du Qânûn Egyptien (The Art Of The Egyptian Qānūn) (1996)


1 Improvisation Traditionnelle (5:42)
2 Improvisation Libre (3:05)
3 Variation Sur Le Thème Folklorique "Atshan Ya Sabaya" (6:55)
4 Improvisation Sur Le Thème Traditionnel "Ah Ya Zein" (6:23)

Suite Folklorique :
5 Dialogue Sufi Entre Qânûn, Luth, Tabla (5:22)
6 La Nubie (Rhythme Nubien Et Tonalité Pentatonique) (5:32)
7 Dialogue Qânûn, Nay, Clarinette, Arghûl, Mizmâr (7:34)
8 Dialogue Qânûn, Hautbois Et Flûte Traversière (1:23)

Instrumentation By - Egyptian Folk Music Ensemble Zither [Qanun] - Soliman Gamil

This record was originaly released as an Lp on Arion label in 1982.

"The Egyptian composer Soliman Gamil is also an instrumentalist. He studied the theory of Arab music and learned to play the qanun at the Institute of Arab Music in Cairo (1941-1945), whilst also working on composition. He is a member of the International Society of Musicologists and now lives in Switzerland. In 1969, he founded the Egyptian Folk Music Troupe for the Swiss Ministry of Culture."