Houcine Toulali
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Houcine Toulali was Moroccan writer and singer of malhun
compositions. He wrote hundreds of qasida
s.
He was born in Meknes
in the Toulal neighbourhood. In the seventies of the 20th century Toulali abandoned his job as flower vendor at the central market of the new city of Meknes to devote himself completely to music at the national music school of Dar Jamai where he followed lessons of Andalus music and graduated as player of the luth. He then played with the orchestra of Moulay Ahmed Mdaghri and later established his own "Orchestre de Meknès de la musique du Malhoun" (Orchestra of Meknes of Malhun music). Still later Haj Houcine Toulali created a school where his music would be taught.
Some of his best known songs include Mahboub Al Kalb, Al Saki, Fatma, Zin El Fassi, Nkar El Hssane, Al Haraz and Al Tawassoulate.
Malhun
Malhun or milhun , meaning "the melodic poem", is a Moroccan music that borrows its modes from the Andalusian music...
compositions. He wrote hundreds of qasida
Qasida
The qaṣīdaᵗ , in Arabic: قصيدة, plural qasā'id, قــصــائـد; in Persian: قصیده , is a form of lyric poetry that originated in preIslamic Arabia...
s.
He was born in Meknes
Meknes
Meknes is a city in northern Morocco, located from the capital Rabat and from Fes. It is served by the A2 expressway between those two cities and by the corresponding railway. Meknes was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail , before it was relocated to Marrakech. The...
in the Toulal neighbourhood. In the seventies of the 20th century Toulali abandoned his job as flower vendor at the central market of the new city of Meknes to devote himself completely to music at the national music school of Dar Jamai where he followed lessons of Andalus music and graduated as player of the luth. He then played with the orchestra of Moulay Ahmed Mdaghri and later established his own "Orchestre de Meknès de la musique du Malhoun" (Orchestra of Meknes of Malhun music). Still later Haj Houcine Toulali created a school where his music would be taught.
Some of his best known songs include Mahboub Al Kalb, Al Saki, Fatma, Zin El Fassi, Nkar El Hssane, Al Haraz and Al Tawassoulate.
External Links
- Yabiladi.com (13-10-2005) Saïd El Meftahi, "Houssein Toulali, le chantre du Melhoun, ou une vie entière dédiée à l'Art" http://www.yabiladi.com/article-artiste-9.html (retrieved 28-09-2011)