Edmond Yafil

Edmond Yafil
Edmond Nathan Yafil
Background information
Birth name	Edmond Nathan Yafil
Born	1874 Algiers, Algeria
Died	October 1928 Algiers, Algeria
Genres	Andalusian classical music (sanaa)
Occupations	Singer, musician (Arabic, French)

Edmond Nathan Yafil (1874 – October 1928) was an Algerian composer.

Biography

Native Jew born in Algiers in 1874, Yafil began, as all the musicians of his time, by attending the Moorish cafés of the old Casbah Algiers places where perpetuated the tradition of sanaa music, also referred to as Andalusian classical music.

He will collaborate with Jules Rouanet and Cheikh Sfindja on the cataloging of sanaa music and in theater with Mahieddine Bachtarzi and Ali Sellali. He is buried at the St. Eugene Cemetery.

Bibliography

• Répertoire de musique arabe et maure : collection de mélodies, ouvertures, noubet, chansons, préludes, etc. / recueillie par Edmond-Nathan Yafil, sous la direction de Jules Rouanet.

External links

• (in French)Biography
• Edmond Yafil discography at Discogs
• Zindani on YouTube
• Air andalous on YouTube
• Marcha Djazairia featuring Yafil on orchestration on YouTube
• Free scores by Edmond Yafil at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Christopher Silver, Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa (Stanford University Press, 2022).