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مجلة علوم وفنون الموسيقى
كلية التربية الموسيقية جامعة حلوان
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Benefiting from Muhammad Fawzi’s Sinbad operetta in solfege and Arabic singing
The operetta is considered a miniature model of opera, interspersed with light singing colors and situations of verbal dialogue dominated by a comic aspect, and its melodies are usually simple. It is one of the most prominent forms of singing presented in Egyptian cinema and was the reason for the success of many cinematic works, and the beginning of the emergence of lyric operetta in the second half. From the nineteenth century until the first quarter of the twentieth century, it is a distinctive form of singing in expressing dramatic situations within the work, and it is similar to the musical theater chapters, as in the Sinbad operetta.
Muhammad Fawzi is considered one of the pioneers of Arabic composition. He had an artistic vision in dealing with verbal texts and how to express their meaning in melody through musical melody, tonal transformation, and melodic transitions. He also excelled in using some Western styles of rhythms and dances, especially tap dancing (clacket). ) in which he used polyphony and also polyrhythm, and he excelled in combining melodic and rhythmic polyphony together in his lyrical works, whether they were singing reviews and operettas, especially the Sinbad operetta.
In this research, the researcher tried to identify Mohamed Fawzi’s style in composing the Sinbad operetta and devise some Solfaic exercises inspired by Mohamed Fawzi’s Sinbad operetta.
After presenting the research problem, its objectives, importance, research procedures and terminology.
The theoretical framework was presented in which the researcher dealt with the operetta, Mohamed Fawzi, and examples of some of his works and the Arab lyric solfege.
Then, the applied framework of the research was presented, which included recording the musical score of the operetta Sinbad, analyzing the tonal and maqama music, devising some solfege exercises inspired by the operetta that contribute to raising the students’ level in Arabic solfege, clarifying the goal of each exercise, and commenting on the devised exercises. In the end, the researcher presented Research
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