adopted a Western approach. My father was very familiar with Western music and got this idea from it. He also introduced Western instruments into the Iraqi music: the cello, accordion, and violin. 5. ، وهو هذه 6. Salah was born in 1908 and Daoud in 1910, in Kuwait, to the Arzouni family. Their names became el-Kuwaity only after [meaning ‘from Kuwait’] they left Kuwait for Iraq. They were the only boys in the family and they had nine sisters. Their father told them: get married only after all ‘You can of your sisters get married, because I have to pay out nine He dowries.’ needed his sons to help him financially until the girls were out of the house. So the brothers married late in life. My father married at the age of 36, and my mother, who is his cousin the - daughter of the uncle who gave them – their first instruments was 16. – 6. 1908 36 16 7. When Salah and Daoud were children, their uncle, who was a merchant, brought them an oud and a violin from India, and as children they started listening to records from Hijaz [in Saudi Arabia], Yemen and Egypt. They
adopted a Western approach. My father was very familiar with Western music and got this idea from it. He also introduced Western instruments into the Iraqi music: the cello, accordion, and violin. 5. وهو ، هذه 6. Salah was born in 1908 and Daoud in 1910, in Kuwait, to the Arzouni family. Their names became el-Kuwaity [meaning ‘from Kuwait’] only after they left Kuwait for Iraq. They were the only boys in the family and they had nine sisters. Their father told them: ‘You can get married only after all of your sisters get married, because I have to pay out nine dowries.’ He needed his sons to help him financially until the girls were out of the house. So the brothers married late in life. My father married at the age of 36, and my mother, who is his cousin – the - daughter of the uncle who gave them their first instruments – was 16. 6. 1908 36 16 7. When Salah and Daoud were children, their uncle, who was a merchant, brought them an oud and a violin from India, and as children they started listening to records from Hijaz [in Saudi Arabia], Yemen and Egypt. They
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