Biography of samy el maghribi youtube

Samy Elmaghribi, whose real name was Salomon Amzallag, was born on April 19, 1922 in Safi in Morocco, a quite symbolic day, as he told to a Canadian journalist: “I was born under the sign of the singing, on th 7^th day of Passover, the day when the Jewish people got out of Egypt.

And, according to the Judeo-Spanish tradition, Moses sang when the Hebrews crossed the Red Sea. On the 8^th day of my birth, my father invited Shikhat, women singers, to hum popular tunes near my crib.”

Salomon was the youngest of the three sons of Farha and Amram Amzallag.

Samy Elmaghribi was a Jewish-Moroccan musician.

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Samy Elmaghribi (born in as Salomon Amzallag, in Safi) was a Moroccan musician.

Samy Elmaghribi, whose real name was Salomon Amzallag, was born on April 19, in Safi in Morocco, a quite symbolic day, as he told to a Canadian.

MOROCCAN_LEGENDS Samy El Maghribi Z"L, born as Solomon Amzallag in Safi, was considered as the Maestro of the Judeo-Moroccan Music.

In 1926 the family settled in Rabat, and the young Samy quickly became fond of Arab-Andalusian music.

Some say that at the age of 7, he built himself a mandolin, with the linen threads that he picked up in his father’s clothing workshop.

He learned to play the ud by himself and started to spend time with the musicians of the Jewish neighborhood of Rabat. He also sang in the synagogue and in family reunions.

When he was 14 years ol