On His Second Anniversary, Musician Bashir Abbas: A Unique Boat of Melodies

Sudan Events – Magda Hassan

January 27th marks the second anniversary of the death of musician Bashir Abbas, and this anniversary comes without the regular celebration in which his works and contributions to his generous musical career are presented.

Apology

Musician Bashir Abbas passed away on 27th of January . 2022, and his daughter Alhan wrote on her Facebook page an apology for not holding the memorial night: We will not celebrate the second anniversary of the passing of our dear deceased, my father, the musician Bashir Abbas, may Allah have mercy on him.

As we did on the first anniversary of his passing due to the conditions that our beloved country is going through, but I hope that the social media will be filled with his memory and condolences for him.

Our dear deceased was one of the loyal sons of the country, righteous to his country. Proud of Sudan, believing in the greatness and holiness of the great Sudanese people, and always thankful and grateful for his country and its people, may Allah curse him.

This is a war of revenge, and the warring parties on both sides are the enemies of the homeland and the citizen. No matter what they do, they will not defeat us.

We will continue to chant and dream of a mourning and mourning homeland.

To Encourage

Bashir Abbas started with the first singing melody, which was the melody of the song “I See You in My Eyes” by the singer Abdel Aziz Mohamed Daoud in 1960, and the career continued.

Bashir Abbas was born in the Halfayat al-Muluk quarter in Khartoum North ( Bahri) . He fell in love with music from a young age and found encouragement from his father, who gave him the first musical instrument in his life. He learned to play the oud and was particularly influenced by the singer Farid al-Atrash.

He learned to play the Oud instrument from his late cousin Asmaa Hamza, who trained him to play the oud. Her hands had all the secrets of (Oud) that she was good at playing, and that oud was present at their house in Halfayat Al Maluku up to the time before the war.

Alienation

Bashir Abbas excelled in the introduction to “The Migrating Bird” and in some of the October songs sung by Wardi. Before that collaboration, he joined the artistic orchestra of Omdurman Radio and began presenting his distinguished works before traveling abroad and moving between more than one capital and Western city.

His writings

He composed about 48 pieces of music, in addition to 120 songs composed by a number of major Sudanese singers, such as Ahmed Al-Mustafa and Mohamed Wardi, in addition to dozens of pieces of music, including (My Mother), (Al-Jour River ), (Asia), and (Melodies ). He also collaborated with A number of singers, such as Abdel Aziz Mohamed Daoud, Aisha Al-Falatiyya, Zidane Ibrahim, Ensaf Fathi, as well as Al-Balabil singers group .

The Prominent duo

During one period of her artistic activity, his name was associated with the feminist singing trio in Sudan known as Al-Balbil, which consisted of three sisters (Talisman Girls). Bashir took on the task of composing and arranging the music for their songs, which became very popular in Sudan, forming the most beautiful and famous Sudanese duets.

Documentation

Sudanese musician Bashir Abbas is a pioneer of Sudanese music, and an authentic intellectual. He worked throughout his life to spread Sudanese culture and preach it inside and outside Sudan. His career deserves to be celebrated and documented under various titles.