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AA100A: The Arts Past and Present I
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‘Lebanese singer Sabah’
‘The stereotypical diva in the classical music world is someone of supreme talent, with great vocal facility and an ability to convey the emotional nuances of the music to her audience.’ (1)’Sabah’ is one of the first Arabs artists to recognize the importance of singing and music. She also learned that it could liberate her songs from a purely sonic experience, and could extend and enhance their narrative possibilities. ‘Sabah" has always exercised control over her public persona-a characteristic common to many divas but one can argue that she has taken it to an extreme: that her obsession with commercial success and fame has led her to change continually and improve her image to stay in the public eye. Critics pointed out: "Sabah has represented a bankable image, carefully and continually constructed in an era of media globalization Mass media. They suggest that Sabah's fame and reputation are partly due to the way that she has exploited her talent.
Jeanette Georges Feghali ‘Sabah’ is a Lebanese artist, characterized by her authentic mountain voice. She is Considered a "Diva of Music" in the eastern world, she has over fifty albums and acted in 98 movies moreover twenty plays and more than (3,500) songs in her ownership. "Sabah" married seven times, and she has a son and a daughter. Sabah born to a Christian family, her popularity transcended religious limits in a country exhausted apart by a civil war between Christian and Muslim Parties from 1975 to 1990. She has represented a large number of movies such as: Kanat Ayyam, Nar el shawk, Mawal, El Aydi el naema, El Motamarreda, Jaoz marti aka my wife's husband, El Rajul el thani, El Ataba el khadra, Sharia el hub, Salem al habaieb, Izhay ansak, Wahabtak hayati, Khatafa mirati, Lahn hubi, Zalamuni el habaieb. and Iyam El Loulou written by Karim Abou Chakra. Besides, a play was written and directed by Karim Abou Chakra titled "Nousi Nousi". ‘ The star was honored with the Dubai International Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Abdul”hamid Juma, the chairman of DIFF, said: ‘Sabah is a symbol of Arab optimism, and her charisma, talent and staying power brought hope and good humor to many during difficult times.'(2) ‘Sabah’ died at age of 87. Sabah's funeral is one of the strangest funerals in the world where She recommended that after her departure no one grieves, and to be performed by the Lebanese people and her family, the funeral is filled with folk songs and dances.
‘Sabah was among the first Arabic singers to perform at the Olympia in Paris, Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Royal Albert Hall in London and the Sydney Opera House, and was nicknamed "Empress of the Lebanese Song.'(3) The ability of this voice enabled her to cooperate with about 38 musicians and composers, different from each other, and her voice was able to smash this difference and adapt it to its strength and comfort. Among the great musicians who Sabah collaborated with them were: Riad al-Sunbati, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Mohamed El Kassabji, Zakaria Ahmed, Rahbani Brothers, Filmon Wahbi, Farid El Atrash, Kamal El Taweel, Zaki Nassif, Walid Gholmieh and others. "Sabah" had a wonderful charm, in the cinema and theater, as an actress and a singer, and she performed her emotional roles often with complete spontaneity and craftsmanship. Her songs exceeded three thousand. "She was known as ‘Al Chahroura’ because she was from Wadi Chahrour and her uncle who was called ‘Chahour Al Wadi’."(4)
Clearly, Sabah's success and reputation extend well beyond her musical and vocal talents, although these in themselves are significant. As a diva is also due to other factors, female and chameleon-like image, the notion of her as a powerful disseminated, she was a controversial figure. Jeanette Georges Feghali ‘Sabah’ (b. 1958) was possibly the biggest female star of the 1980s and early 1990s, and continues to this day to fascinate and attract close attention and not just from the media and her enormous legion of fans, but from academics too. This attention is understandable: she has had more Number Ones and consecutive hits than any other woman; she has received and been nominated for a plethora of music awards; She has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dubai International Film Festival. She was honored by the Egyptian cinema in Cairo and by the Lebanese Republic many times. Also, National Order of the Cedar medal. A museum will be starting in her village, which will consist of her private dresses, accessories, letters and rare old photographs of her and her own property. Today, her music is being taught in Lebanon musical academies. ‘Sabah’ interviewed, by Rima Njeim journalist, aired live on MTV, A few days before her death. But, is Sabah's reputation based merely on her musical talents, or do other factors play their part? We might already have our own, thoughts on this, but here is my response starting, with purely musical considerations. "Lebanon and the Arab world lost a valuable artist with the demise of the great diva Sabah, whose departure from this world turned a page on our bright cultural heritage," Prime Minister Tammam Salam, a Muslim, said in a statement, according to the Daily Star. Former President Michel Suleiman, a Christian, hailed Sabah as a performer who represents Lebanon's national and humanitarian values abroad, according to NNA. And Lebanese Druze leader and lawmaker Walid Jumblatt said that with her death, "an entrenched golden era of Lebanon's past comes to an end," the Daily Star reported.’ (5)
‘Sabah’ was able to adjust her voice freely, and as she wished to meet the conditions of the musical condition or emotion or idea. As an artist, she also lived two lives, her Lebanese life, and her Egyptian life, and she started to sing in her songs and in her roles in Egyptian and Lebanese cinema. But she was always the great singer, with her unique voice, strong and fresh, very flexible, voluptuous and flexible, full of Arabs, capable of performing multiple colors of the beat. A supernatural voice capable of reaching the highest and lowest musical bands, easily and comfortably. My country's voice with distinction was colored with its vassals, especially in the mawwil and in the folk and municipal songs, such as: " Abu al-Zulf, Majana and Al-Ataba". She was skillful in extending the musical strings to its end, without stopping itself or getting tired. And how well she was able to combine the Lebanese and Egyptian colors, the Egyptian composers easily meet and give her the most beautiful tunes that are appropriate for her voice. The Diva is not a title, it is an expression that describes an opera singer, and it can not be used for singers who do not enjoy musical and musical talent. The Diva has an extraordinary talent in the art of singing and has a beautiful and strong voice. The operatic singing depends on physical activity and is enhanced by swimming and jogging, which strengthen the muscles of the chest, as well as training.
Sources:
1- (Elaine Moohan, (2008) reputation:P165)
2- Anon, (2017). [online] Available at: https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/legendary-lebanese-singer-and-actress-sabah-dies-at-the-age-of-87-1.443540 ) [Accessed 6 Dec. 2017].
3- En.wikipedia.org. (2017). Sabah (singer). [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabah_(singer) [Accessed 6 Dec. 2017].
4- Blog Baladi. (2017). Ten Things You Should Know About Lebanese Singer Sabah (Jeanette Gergis Al-Feghali). [online] Available at: http://blogbaladi.com/ten-thing-you-should-know-about-lebanese-singer-sabah-jeanette-gergis-al-feghali/ [Accessed 6 Dec. 2017].
5- Jason Hanna, C. (2017). Lebanese singer, actress Sabah dies at 87 – CNN. [online] CNN. Available at: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/26/world/meast/obit-sabah/index.html [Accessed 6 Dec. 2017].