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Baligh Hamdi (بليغ حمدي) (Oct 7, - Sept 17, ) was an Egyptian composer who created hit songs for many prominent Arabic singers, during the s and.

He composed Warda's most famous songs, and the two got married for a long period. He learned to play the violin at age nine, and the oud two or three years later. He took music lessons with a variety of teachers throughout childhood and teenage years. He became a professional musician in at age Immediately prior to that, he had been a law student, and he chose to not complete the studies for the law degree.

He started his musician career as singer. But very soon he turned to composing, and his compositions got good acceptance in the mids. In the late s, the then-famous Umm Kulthum sang his composition "Hob Eih" and it was a hit. For the next two decades he was by far one of the most popular, successful, and productive composers not only in Egypt but within the entire region.

His fame and legacy stay very strong in his native Egypt till this day. Baligh Hamdi frequently said that he drew upon musical ideas and aesthetics in Egyptian folk melodies and rhythms in composing his songs.

Baligh Hamdi was an Egyptian composer who created and composed many hit songs for several singers in the Arab world, especially during the s and s.

He also drew on ideas that were floating around in the contemporary music of his time. His sound has a classical flavor due to the heavy use of the string orchestra. But he also made some use of electronic keyboards and guitars in harmony with the strings, or alternating with the strings, in many songs. His best work is published as recordings under the name of the singer.

Not to mention his precious contribution in soundtracks of feature films including the award winning film; A Taste of Fear , which was listed in the CIFF Top hundred Egyptian films. Baligh Hamdi contributed in one way or another the development and revival of the musical theater provided most of the work: Operetta "Egypt Bride," and the operetta "Tmarahnp", "Yassin, I have," also wrote several songs, including: Love that was - I Bahqk of Mayada Al Henawy , and "Bawadaak" rose to as defined by discovering many of the singers and the singers, especially from Arab countries.