| LC control no. | no2006114565 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abdillahi Qarshe, 1924-1997 |
| Variant(s) | ʻAbd Āllāh Kharshī, 1924-1997 Abdullahi Qarshe, 1924-1997 Cabdullahi Kharshee, 1924-1997 Karshe, Abdullahi, 1924-1997 Kharshee, Cabdullahi, 1924-1997 Kharshī, ʻAbd Āllāh, 1924-1997 Mahmud Muhammad, 1924-1997 Qarshe, Abdillahi, 1924-1997 Qarshe, Abdullahi, 1924-1997 Qarshe, Abdillahi Mohamed Mohamud Hersi, 1924-1997 عبد الله خارسهي, 1924-1997 |
| Associated country | Tanzania Yemen, South Somalia |
| Birth date | 1924 |
| Death date | 1997-10-28 |
| Place of birth | Moshi (Tanzania) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Popular music--Somalia |
| Affiliation | Waaberi Walaalo Hargeisa |
| Profession or occupation | Musicians Composers Dramatists Poets |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | The life, music and literary compositions of the late Abdillahi Qarshe, widely renowned as the founding father of modern Somali music (1924-1997), 1998: t.p. (Abdillahi Qarshe, 1924-1997) Historical dictionary of Somalia, 2003, viewed online Aug. 28, 2015: pages 13-14 (Abdillahi Mohamed Mohamud Hersi "Qarshe", commonly known as Abdillahi Qarshe; poet-music; b. in Moshi, Tanganyika (of a north Somali lineage), 1924; as a child moved to Aden [Yemen] where he completed primary school; in 1945 he went to Northern Somaliland and became a clerk for the British Military Administration; learned to play al-'uud (a lute) in Berbera; composed his first song "Ka ka'aay" (Arise!) in 1948; he was one of the first in northern Somalia to compose poems that could be sung; a founder of the Walaalo Hargeisa [Hargeisa Brothers] group in 1955; he composed patriotic and anticolonial melodies; during the military era (1969-1991) Qarshe revolutionized the Waaberi (national artists and performs club) which trained many young musicians; he died in London Oct. 28, 1997) Interview with the late Abdullahi Qarshe (1994) at the residence of Obliqe Carton in Djibouti, 1994, viewed online Aug. 28, 2015 (Known as Abdullahi Qarshe; real name is Mahmud Muhammad, and Qarshe was the nickname of his father) page 74-76 (description of several plays written by him) Wikipedia, Aug. 28, 2015 Abdullahi Qarshe, 1924-1994; Somali: Cabdullahi Kharshee, Arabic: عبد الله خارسهي; Karshe; Somali musician, poet and playwright; instruments: oud, piano, guitar, lute) |
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