Halim El-Dabh

Halim El-Dabh

kal, djm, voc, *1921 US
Composer of Spoken Word
A.k.a. حليم عبد المسيح الضبع (Ḥalīm ᾽Abd al-Masīḥ al-Ḍabʾ)

Halim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh (Born March 4, 1921 in Cairo; Died September 2, 2017 in Kent, Ohio) was an Egyptian-born American composer, performer, ethnomusicologist, and educator. He is particularly known as an early pioneer of electronic and electro-acoustic music and for having composed in 1944 what is most likely one of the first "tape music" pieces (on a wire recorder) : The Expression of Zaar. He moved to the United States in 1950.

Instruments

Djembe
Vocals

Genres

Spoken Word
Electronic
Folk
World
Soundtrack

Popular Tracks

Wire Recorder Piece on Crossing into the Electric Magnetic by Halim El-Dabh

Laiyla and the Poet on Laiyla and the Poet by Halim El-Dabh

Electronic Fanfare on Crossing into the Electric Magnetic by Halim El-Dabh

Alcibiadis' Monologue to Socrates on Crossing into the Electric Magnetic by Halim El-Dabh

Meditation in White Sound on Crossing into the Electric Magnetic by Halim El-Dabh

Michael and the Dragon on Crossing into the Electric Magnetic by Halim El-Dabh

Leila Visitations Two on Crossing into the Electric Magnetic by Halim El-Dabh

Arabi-yaat no.3 on Piano Music of Halim El-Dabh by Halim El-Dabh

Leila Visitations One on Crossing into the Electric Magnetic by Halim El-Dabh

Pirouette on Crossing into the Electric Magnetic by Halim El-Dabh

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Crossing Into The Electric Magnetic	Halim El-Dabh	2000	Album
Here History Began (Pyramids And Sphinx - Sound And Light)	Georges Delerue, Halim El-Dabh	1961	Album

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