Talal Madah: The last maqam - Dr. Mohammed Al-Mashhoori

In Arab culture and its literary history, there is a close relationship between song and literature; singing cannot exist without poetry, and poetry is one aspect of singing in one of its stages, along with the mutual influence and impact between them throughout the ages. It has become common in literary books to find many stories of singers and their critique of poetry in specific chapters. This book is nothing but an extension of those efforts begun by our ancient ancestors, including a scientific study of the personality of Professor Talal Madah, with documentation of classical Arabic in his singing and melodies; the professor is the pioneer of modern Saudi song, its maker, and the link between a past generation with distinctive features and a subsequent generation that followed his influence. This is discussed in three main axes: Talal Madah and culture (Talal the educated, Talal the creative, Talal the critic), Talal Madah and poetry (praise, supplications, hymns, melodies, and melodies, operettas, and songs), and Talal Madah in poetry (several poems mentioning Talal). Dr. Mohamed Al-Mashhoori