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Iraqi Maqam Panjoukah Yossef Ya'acov Shem Tov يوسف يعقوب شم توب (العواد)

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Photograph by Micha Simchon
The Iraqi Maqam (not to be confused with the mode by the same name) is a uniqe musical style used in iraqi singing.

Here the genre is used as an instrumental (maqamat). The maqam panjouka opens with two musicians and develops into of form of dialogue between two oud and ends in a "pasta" (iraqi folk song with a refrain) "Hada mou insaf minak".

Youssef Yaakov chem tov was born in Baghdad in 1922 and emigrated to israel in 1951. He started playing the oud at age five. He studied with the turkish professor, Sissak Bek, in Baghdad. In Iraq, Youssef Yaakov was considered among the best players in the country.

Forty years after leaving Baghdad he met his friend Jamil Bachir, for the last time, in cairo Egypt. He accompanied Egyptian Singers Raja Abdou and Leila Helmi and the Iraqi Singer Salima mourad-Pacha.

In Israel, he played oud for Israel's National Radio-Oriental Orchestra for many years. This Interpretation of the Panjoukah Maqam illustrates the exceptional encounter between two generations coming from the musical background.

الأردن سوريا العراق لبنان تونس الجزائر السودان ليبيا مصر المغرب موريتانيا الإمارات العربية المتحدة البحرين السعودية عُمان قطر الكويت اليمن

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  • يوسف يعقوب شم توب .. صدكني راح ابقى اتذكر هذا الاسم دائما وحقيقتا من اروع المعزوفات ومن اجمل المقامات الي سمعتها على العود .. اتشرف بيك وشكرا جزيلا على هذا المقطع الرائع

  • @onlyforiraqis شكرا لك حبيبي

  • شكرا على هذه التقاسيم الساحرة وتمنيت ان تكون كامله

    انا مسلم واعجبني هذا المقام اليهودي العراقي

    والموسيقى هي لغة التواصل بين الشعوب

    وفي الختام اتمنى ان يهديك الله إلى طريق الحق

  • @Mr3badi1 SHOKRAN BUT NO MISSIONARY

  • عزف جميل..أحببته جدا

    وأحببت جميع اختياراتك صديقي يهودي1

    شكرا لك من القلب

  • @tmmi8 لك الشكر عزيزي

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  • shokran 7aboob for the post. Amazing, I remember hearing it in the iraqi cafes when I was there in the early 90s great memories.

  • you are great we all love your art

  • Thanx! wonderful meditation-music...

  • كم هم عظماء اليهود وخاصة اليهود العراقيين كم اتمنى ان تعودوا الى العراق وتبنوا بلدنا بخبراتكم ومعارفكم لكي نتقدم بين الامم بدل الحروب

  • @BigZmad who said he never got the respect and acknowledgement? you can see that Iraqis have always admired him and his music, because his music is still played in Iraq, and it's also evident on this message board. Please stop the mindless victimization.

  • very very nice.. Oud music with soul.. Love it.. thank for posting .. Weli

  • اسرة شمطوب اسرة عراقية عريقة ولهم كنيس باسم احدى كريماتهم وهو كنيس مسعودة سمطوب ويقع في الباب الشرقي

  • Another Giant. A real Giant - Iraqi Jew who never got the respect and acknowlegement.

    

  • كلش رائع حقيقة من اجمل ما سمعت ويهود العراق خسارة كبيرة

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