Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab's creations in the transitions in his poem, “Amqadir from jafnyk”

Document Type : Original Article

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Music Department, college of specific Education Menofia Univy

Abstract

Academic studies focus on Arab music to find out the most significant characteristics and features that distinguish it from other music.
Mohammed Abdel Wahab is considered one of the most significant composers who presented a lot of modern and innovative melodies. Therefore, the researcher studied the most important ones of these melodies to know about his method in transition among musical keys. This research addresses an example of innovations of Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and his uncommon and unfamiliar thought about transition among musical keys in the poem "Looks from your Eyes".
The paper included the following:
Introduction, research problem, research goals, research significance, research questions, research limits, research approach, research sample, tools, research procedures, and previous studies in this regard.
Then, the theoretical framework is presented including:
1- The artistic career of Mohammed Abdel Wahab and the most important stages of it.
2- His musical composition of poems
3- Development stages of composing poems
After that, the applied framework is presented including:
Musical analysis of the poem "Looks from your Eyes" to demonstrate the intellectual and musical innovation of Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and how he used transition among musical keys in this poem.
At the end of the research, results and answers of research questions are provided as well as recommendations, references and

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