Today, Elias Rahbani, the last of the living Rahbani brothers, lost his life, the 4th of January 2021 at the age of 83, the cause of death yet unknown. This is a sad day for the Lebanese music industry as he was one of the biggest composers, arrangers, lyric writers, conductor & producers, in the Lebanese/Arabic music scene.
He was the mind behind a multitude of famous songs written in both English, French, and Arabic which were sang by a multitude of notable Lebanese singers such as Fairuz, Sabah and Wadih El Safi . One of such songs is “Kan El Zaman” by Fairuz.
He is also the composer of important music pieces such as “moonlight melody” made for the tv Serie ” Azef al layl”.
He was also behind some popular nursery rhymes that accompanied a lot of Lebanese people during their childhood such as “Kellon Indoun Sayarat”, “Toll’ Eddaou al Wawi”, “Ammy Bou Massoud”.
The one to who the Elias Rahbani academy is dedicated, he forever left his mark in the hearts of Lebanese people as well as in the country’s folklore and culture.
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من قال أنّ الرّحبانيّ قد مات؟ قد وافته المنيّة؟ ومن قال بأنّ الموت يسرق منّا أحبّاءنا؟ كيف ذلك وإذا كان للأحبّاء آثار متجذّرة في ربوع لبنان وفي ربيع كلّ لبنانيّ!
من منّا لم يستيقظ على تغريدة لحنٍ من ألحان الرّحبانيّ؟
من منّا لم يذهب إلى المدرسة وأصداء موسيقى الرّحبانيّ لا ترنّ في أذنيه؟
من منّا لم يربِّ طفلًا ولم يغنِّ له ألحان الرّحبانيّ؟
من منّا لم يغفُ وشفاهه لا تتمتم ألحانًا وأغاني رحبانية؟
وتقولون بأنّه قد مات؟
لا وألف لا! فمن مدّ جذوره في عمق أعماق النّفوس والقلوب لا ولن يموت أبدًا!
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