Tawfiq Il-Nimri
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Tawfiq Nimri was a Jordan
ian singer and composer
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He was the first Jordanian to write, sing, and compose Jordanian folkloric music. It is estimated that 750 of his songs were sung by him and others.
He is considered to be the pioneer of folkloric Jordanian music and has had much of his work performed by different artists across the Arab world.
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
ian singer and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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He was the first Jordanian to write, sing, and compose Jordanian folkloric music. It is estimated that 750 of his songs were sung by him and others.
He is considered to be the pioneer of folkloric Jordanian music and has had much of his work performed by different artists across the Arab world.