Viola d'Amore / Jasser Haj Youssef / La Médina

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Composer and violinist, Jasser Haj Youssef is the first musician to have introduced the viola d'amore in Arab music.

Compositeur et violoniste, Jasser Haj Youssef est aussi le premier musicien à avoir introduit la viole d'amour dans la musique arabe.

ملحّن وعازف كمان مختصّ في الموسيقى العربيّة و موسيقى الجاز، جاسر حاج يوسف هو أوّل من أدخل آلة فيولا الحبّ في الموسيقى العربيّة
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[hansfredknauer]

It's great,fantastic a hero.

Greetings from Berlin

[Fabieguitar]

@justincrzo

Even on the internet we have to be polite… Chirac said : « J’ai toujours respecté les hommes qui se battaient pour d’autres idées que les miennes. » You can disagree, but respect the work. This is necessary for the debate (with real arguments; writing about God or citing Vivaldi is not an argument). There are many ways to play the music ; the « historical » way and the « fusion » way are both respectables and can coexist.

[basidiomycet]

Actually, the great French music historian Fetis believed the Viola d'amore was originally an "Eastern" instrument, deriving it from the sarangi/dilruba. The latter (or rather their models) in turn were however introduced to India by Muslim court musicians. The instrument became a favourite with Ottoman composers/music scholars under the name sine kemân. In their hands it was used for infinitely more refined music than Vivaldi and such early death metal composers ever dreamt of.

[violinjuggler]

@Bingo1059 Yes, it is a baroque instrument but this music still existed during the baroque period and was probably played on this instrument during it's peak. It is also thought that the viol d'amore has strong middle-eastern heritage, so really this isn't that improbable. Yes, it is *the baroque instrument* but it isn't hard to imagine the instrument being introduced to some musician in the middle east by a wealthy European traveler.

[omoshiroidayo]

although it sounds nice its really odd because tihs instrument is THE baroque instr. itself....

[Jpmcke]

Nice.

~

[Bingo1059]

The Viola D'amore is such a baroque instrument that this doesn't even make much sense. It sounds nice, but knowing what it is doesn't make sense. It's probably stranger for me on a personal level (I'm half egyption and half sicilian, and lets just say I don't very much like my egyptian half!) . Comme Ci Comme Ca (I'm not bothering putting in the accent marks...)

[SirGlennGould]

It summons the memories of my ancestors walking across the desert.

A place I have never seen and yet it feels so close. 

[noalevin]

! You r a real treasure Jasser! Shukran ya chabibi!! You made my morning shine! You both did! Sigue bessandonos con tu cannal, con esta hermosa musica..que lo hecho mucho de menos. Sigue bessandonos.. I'm In! and will send it all over con bessos..y habrazos.. a mis amores Namaste!

[awsomedrummer100]

@Davinp123 its on the title. it's a viola d'amore

[Davinp123]

what kind of instroment is that?

[TheJbach]

Music goes back a very long, long time, sirs. And so does the string instrument.