Matar Muhammad *

Matar Muhammad
Tribute to a Master of the Buzuq


Album : Homage à un maitre du buzuq
Artist : Matar Muhammad
Release date : 1996
Label : Inedit
Number of discs : 1
Total size : 127 MB
Total time : 00:55:54
Tracks :
1. Maqâm Bayât al-nawâ مــقــام بــيــاتـي الــنــوى
2. Maqâm Atar kâr مــقـام أثــر كــار
3. Maqâm Hijâz kâr مــقـام حــجــاز كــار
4. Maqâm Bayâti مــقــام بـيــاتـي
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Matar Muhammad was born in 1939 in the Bekaa plain (Lebanon). He came from a family of Gypsies, wandering musicians from father to son. From the age of seven onwards, his father and elder brother initiated him into buzuq playing. He made his professional debut in the early sixties, through the BBC's Arab programmes, but he really became famous through the performances of "Arduna ila al-abad" during the Festival of Baalbek. After that, his reputation extended throughout the Arab world and beyond. Heir to an oral tradition, his inbred gifts allowed him to practice a truly sophisticated art in an empirical manner. His course has been that of an outstanding soloist and an imaginative improviser who nevertheless remained faithful to the spirit and theoretical principles of Arab music.
The issuing of these recordings, made during public performances at the Beirut Theater in 1972, is one of the last tributes to his art. Indeed, afflicted for several years by a partial paralysis which prevented him from playing his instrument, Matar Muhammad died prematurely on December 7th, 1995 while he was waiting for this last record to be released. Faithful to the spirit of his forebears, he has been making a point of transmitting this tradition to his young son who is nine years old.

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