El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka
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El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (
music.Early life
He was born on May 20, 1907, under the name Ait Ouarab Mohamed Idir Halo, on 4 Rue Tombouctou in the
his father was Mohamed Ben Hadj Saîd, and his mother was Fatma Bent Boudjemaâ.His father was taken ill on the day of his birth, and had to be replaced by a maternal uncle for registering the birth, which caused an error recording his name. His uncle presented himself as such to the registry employee, by saying "Ana Khalou" ("I am his uncle" in Arabic), and the employee wrote "Halo". So he became Halo Mohamed Idir from then on.
He studied in three schools from 1912 to 1918: Koranic (1912–14), Brahim Fatah (in the Casbah) from 1914–17, and another in Bouzaréah until 1918. He left school to go to work before his 11th birthday.
Musical career
At the age of 13, the orchestra leader sheik Mustapha Nador noticed his passion and innate sense of rhythm at a festival his group was playing at, and took him on as a Tardji (tambourine player) with his orchestra. The sheik and orchestra taught him the mandola, which became El Anka's favorite instrument.
After the death of sheik Nador on May 19, 1926, in Cherchell, El Anka took over the organization of festivals for the group. The orchestra included Si Saîd Larbi (real name Birou), Omar Bébéo (Slimane Allane) and Mustapha Oulid El Meddah among others. In 1927 he began taking part in the courses taught by sheik Sid AH Oulid Lakehal, which he followed assiduously until 1932.
In 1928 he was first exposed to the general public, by recording 27 discs (78 rpm) for Columbia, his first publisher, and taking part in the inauguration of Radio PTT Algiers.
On August 5, 1931, popular sheik
One element of his sound that would have changed in 1932 came from a change of instruments. 1932 was the year he worked with a luthier to craft a bigger
After the
In total, El Hadj El Anka wrote nearly 360 songs ( qaca' id ) and produced approximately 130 records. Notable works included "Lahmam lirabitou", "ltif Sebhan ellah ya" and "Win saâdi win". He died on November 23, 1978, in Algiers, and was buried in the El Kettar Cemetery.
Songs
- Lahmam lirabitou
- Sebhan ellah ya ltif
- Win saâdi win
- Achki fi khnata
- El Hamdoulilah li ma b9a isti3mar fi bladna
- Sebhan ellah ya ltif
- Hadjou Lefkar
- :maychali fi youm el harb
Bibliography
Saadallah, Rabah (1981). El-Hadj M'hamed El-Anka maître et renovateur de la musique " Chaâbi " (in French). Algiers: La Maison des Livres. p. 149.
References
- ^ Kitchell, Liza Parker (1998). The development of Kabyle song during the twentieth century. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 52.
- ^ Saadallah, Rabah (1981). El-Hadj M'hamed El-Anka: maître et renovateur de la musique "chaabi" (in French). La Maison des Livres. p. 28.
- ^ a b Bendamèche, Abdelkader (25 July 2014). "Mr Abdelkader Bendamèche répond à l'APS au sujet du mandole (Translation: Mr Abdelkader Bendamèche responds to the APS about the mandola)". abdelkaderbendameche.skyrock.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
ABDELKADER BENDAMECHE President of the National Council Arts and Letters, Algiers, 21 July 2014
External links
- Bio of El Anka with many photos. Archived 2019-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Short bio of El Anka with several good photos.
- Page with names of El Anka's students in Chaabi.
- (in French) Hadj M'hamed El Anka : La légende du siècle Archived 2016-09-08 at the Wayback Machine Article by Karim Aïnouche, on "La Kabylie de Matoub LOUNES"
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