Edmond Yafil

Edmond Yafil
Birth name Edmond Nathan Yafil
Born 1874
Algiers, Algeria
Died October 1928
Algiers, Algeria
Genres Andalusian classical music
Occupation(s) Singer, musician

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 Çan'a music, also referred to as Andalusian classical music.

He will collaborate with Jules Rouanet on the catologing of Çan'a music and in theater with Mahieddine Bachtarzi and Ali Sellali. He is buried at the St. Eugene Cemetery.

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