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EL-DABH, El-Dabh (El-Dabh) Halim (b. 4 III 1921, Cairo) - Egyptian composer. He graduated from a private music. college and university in cairo. Since 1950 lives in the USA. Continued here muses. classes in Novoangl. Conservatory in Boston and the Berkshire Muses. center in Tanglewood (pc. Massachusetts), where he studied under A. Copland. In the production. E.-D. egypt elements. nat. music combined with west-europe. composition technique. The author of more than 150 op. in decomp. genres, among which stand out music for ballet post. “Saladin” (“Ballet of Lights”; 1960, Cairo) and “Clytemnestra” (1958; with choir), “Lucifer” and “Iphigenia”, as well as 3 symphonies (1950-56), symph. the poem "Tahmela" ("Tahmela", 1960), a concert for darbuki (Arabic drum) or a timpani with strings. Orchestra (1955), strings. quartet (1951). Op. E.-D. often performed in the USA and European countries.