{"product_id":"the-musical-world-of-halim-seachrist-9780873387521","title":"The Musical World of Halim El-Dabh [With CD]","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBiography of an important figure in 20th-century musical history\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEgyptian-born composer Halim El-Dabh has studied with the giants of 20th-centruy musical composition and conducting. Although \u003cem\u003eThe Musical World of Halim El-Dabh\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on his career from his arrival in the U.S. in 1950 to his retirement from the faculty of Kent State University in 1991, it also explores his early life in Egypt, its influence on him musically, and his creative life following retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn March of 2002 El-Dabh, who is considered Egypt's most important living composer, presented a concert of his electronic and electro-acoustic works and three concerts of his orchestral chamber music in collaboration with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina String Orchestra at the newly reconstructed Bibliotheca Alexandrina (the famous Library of Alexandria of antiquity, which was destroyed by fire more than 1,600 years ago).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe CD accompanying this biography features excerpts of this program as well as other selected musical highlights from El-Dabh's career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seachrist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087338752X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873387521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.18w x 0.84d","brand":"Seachrist","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453424840959,"sku":"9780873387521","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74619087-178e-4320-91c4-dd9e88dce7ea.jpg?v=1777300149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-musical-world-of-halim-seachrist-9780873387521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}