Marcel Khalife socio-political life: The case of “Oh My Father, I am Yusuf”

• Walid Hedari ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de La Rioja

     Universidad de La Rioja

     Logroño, España

     
• Localización: Methaodos. revista de ciencias sociales, ISSN-e 2340-8413, Vol. 4, Nº. 1, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Monográfico sobre Sociología de la Música), págs. 119-134
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.17502/m.rcs.v4i1.84
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Marcel Khalife, vida socio-politica: El caso de “Oh My Father, I am Yusuf”
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    Este documento tiene la intención de presentar la vida de Marcel Khalife's durante la Guerra Civil Libanesa. Artista de la paz en 2005 por la UNESCO, es uno de los artistas más reconocidos, principalmente a través de sus canciones políticas compuestas en álbumes como “Promises of the Storm”, “Arabic CoffeePot”… Este último fue publicado en 1995. Su música se basa en poemas escritos esencialmente por el poeta Mahmoud Darwish. Nuestro objetivo es entender la vida y la música de Khalife en relación con el conflicto del Líbano con el fin de comprender mejor su composición musical. La principal fuente de nuestro análisis será la canción “Oh My Father, I am Yusuf”, extrayendo los elementos principales que la forman. La metodología se basa en la investigación de Martin Irvine en “Popular Music as a Meaning-System”. Fuentes primarias como artículos de prensa en relación con las actividades y actuaciones musicales del compositor durante la guerra civil libanesa (1975-1990) cumplirán la investigación. Esto nos permitirá comprender la relación entre el compositor y la situación política y mejor entender la influencia de la sociedad con la música. En este trabajo presentará el comienzo de la investigación y los objetivos futuros para alcanzar que vamos a presentar en próximas publicaciones

  • English

    This paper intends to present Marcel Khalife´s life during the Lebanese civil war. Named artist of peace in 2005 by the UNESCO, he is among the most renowned artists mainly through his political songs composed in albums such as “Promises of the Storm”, “Arabic CoffeePot”… The latter was released in 1995. The music is based on poems written by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Our aim is to seek Khalife’s life and music in relation with the Lebanese conflict in order to better understand his music compositions. The main source of our musical and lyrical analysis will be the song “Oh My Father, I am Yusuf”, extracting the main elements which forms it. The methodology will be based on Martin Irvine research in “Popular Music as a Meaning-System”. It will be supported by press articles in relation to the composer’s musical activities and performances during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). This will allow us to comprehend the relationship between the composer and the political situation and better understand the influence of society on music. This paper will present the beginning of the research and the onward objectives to complete that we will be able to present in further publications.

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