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my favorite western music of last 30 years-5
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La Reine De Saba
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Attached:
Penelope ,El bimbo ,Love is blue
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La
Reine De Saba is a classical
music of the Raymond
Lefevre Ochestra. It was performed by
many famous band in the world. Below is a video |
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This is very excellent lyrical music.
It take the old Testament story as background, tell about a love romantic
story between Solomon
and Queen Sheba. The original music was
writed by French singer Michel
Laurent in 1967, then it was adapted by French
Raymond Lefevre Ochestra in 1969, Then it was well received
by the worldwide people |
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About Solomon and Queen Sheba
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The Bible story - Solomon and Queen Sheba
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Solomon was
a wise king; God had promised no other king shall compare
with him. Solomon composed proverbs, poems and songs;
he spoke of trees and animals and his fame spread wide.
Under his forty years of magnificent rule, his country
became very prosperous and strong. Then he decided to
build a temple for God. After the construction of the
temple, he prayed for the welfare of his people, which
was heard and provided by God, and his nation became
most affluent and his riches and wisdom were much admired.
Queen Sheba heard about his fame and decided to visit
him. She came with both precious gifts and hard questions.
When she saw the magnificent temple that Solomon built
for his God, the officials in colorful costumes and
all the sumptuous food on the table; when Solomon had
given each of her hard questions a wise answer, there
was no more spirit in her. She said to Solomon, "The
report that I heard in my own land of your accomplishments
and of your wisdom was true. Your wisdom and prosperity
far surpassed the report I had heard. Happy are your
wives! Happy are your servants,
who continually attend you and hear your wisdom! Blessed
be the Lord your God, who was delighted in you and set
you on the throne of Israel!" Then she offered
the king her gifts of gold, precious stones and spices
and left with her servants. (Here)
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Queen
of Sheba
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article contains Ethiopic text. Without proper
rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes,
or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters.
Ethiopian fresco of the Queen of Sheba on her way to
Jerusalem, shown riding with sword under her saddle
and a lance in her hand
The Middle East through the eyes of the ancient Israelites,
reconstructed according to the documentary hypothesisThe
Queen of Sheba (Ge'ez: ???? ?? Nigista Saba, Hebrew:
'???? ???? Malkat Shva, Arabic: ???? ???? Malikat Saba?),
was the woman who ruled the ancient kingdom of Sheba
and is referred to in Habeshan history, the Hebrew Bible,
the New Testament, and the Qur'an.
The location of the historical kingdom
may have included parts or all of modern day Eritrea,
Ethiopia, and Yemen.
Contents
1 Diverse references
2 Hebrew biblical account
3 Qur'anic account
4 Ethiopian account
5 Possible Egyptian derivation
6 Nubia - another possible location
7 Christian interpretations
8 Medieval depictions
9 Renaissance depictions
10 Modern Arab academic view
11 Recent archaeological discoveries
12 The Queen of Sheba in popular culture
12.1 Songs
12.2 Television
12.3 Ballets
12.4 Films
12.5 Books
12.6 Poems
13 See also
14 Footnotes
15 Primary sources
16 Secondary sources
17 Bibliography
Diverse references
Known to the Ethiopian people as Makeda (??? mākidā),
this queen has been called a variety of names by different
peoples in different times. To King Solomon of Israel
she was the Queen of Sheba. In Islamic tradition she
was Bilqis. The Roman historian Josephus calls her,
Nicaula. She is thought to have been born January
5th, 10th century BC.
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In the Hebrew
Bible, a tradition of the history of nations is preserved
in Beresh't 10 (Genesis 10). In Beresh't 10:7 there
is a reference to Sheba, the son of Raamah, the son
of Cush, the son of Ham, son of Noah. In Beresh't 10:26-29
there is a reference to another person named Sheba,
listed along with Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Ophir, Havilah,
and Jobab as the descendants of Joktan, the son of Eber,
the son of Shelah, the son of Arphaxad, the descendant
of Shem, another son of Noah.
Aharoni, Avi-Yonah, Rainey, and Safrai
placed the Semitic Sheba in Southern Arabia in geographic
proximity to the location of the tribes descended
from their ancestor, Joktan. In addition to Sheba,
Hazarmaveth and Ophir were identified. Semitic Havilah
was located in Eastern Africa, modern day Ethiopia.
Semitic Havilah (Beresh't 10:29) is to be distinguished
from Cushite Havilah (Beresh't 10:7), the descendant
of Cush, descendant of Ham; both locations for Havilah
are thought by these scholars to have been located
in present day Ethiopia.[1]
The multiple references to Havilah
may indicate historical Semitic migration from the
southern Arabian peninsula to the African continent.
An alternative account would place the origins of
the Semites and the ancient Israelites in Ethiopia.
The ancient Roman historian, Tacitus, wrote that “many,
again, say that they [the Israelites] were a race
of Ethiopian origin” (Histories (Tacitus), Book 5,
Paragraphs 2 and 3).[2] Thus, the Queen of Sheba would
rightly be placed as a descendant of the Semitic Sheba
people located in southern Arabia, but with more than
likely rigins from Ethiopia.
Hebrew biblical
account
Claude Lorrain, The Embarkation of the Queen of ShebaAccording
to the Hebrew Bible, the unnamed queen of the land
of Sheba heard of the great wisdom of King Solomon
of Israel and journeyed there with gifts of spices,
gold, precious stones, and beautiful wood and to test
him with questions, as recorded in First Kings 10:1-13
(largely copied in 2 Chronicles 9:1–12).
It is related further that the queen
was awed by Solomon's great wisdom and wealth, and
pronounced a blessing on Solomon's deity. Solomon
reciprocated with gifts and "everything she desired,"
whereupon the queen returned to her country. The queen
apparently was quite rich, however, as she brought
4.5 tons of gold with her to give to Solomon (1 Kings
10:10).
In the biblical passages which refer
explicitly to the Queen of Sheba there is no hint
of love or sexual attraction between Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba. The two are depicted merely as fellow
monarchs engaged in the affairs of state.
The biblical text, Song of Solomon
(Song of Songs), contains some references, which at
various times, have been interpreted as referring
to love between Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The
young woman of the Song of Songs, however, continues
to deny the romantic advances of her suitor, whom
many commentators identify as King Solomon. In any
case, there is little to identify this speaker in
the text with the rich and powerful foreign queen
depicted in the Book of Kings. The woman of the text
of the song clearly does regard "The Daughters
of Jerusalem" as her peer group.
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Ethiopian
fresco of the Queen of Sheba on her way to Jerusalem,
shown riding with sword under her saddle and a lance
in her hand
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The
Middle East through the eyes of the ancient Israelites,
reconstructed according to the documentary hypothesis
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Claude
Lorrain, The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba
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Later Ethiopian
tradition firmly asserts that King Solomon did seduce
and impregnate his guest, and provides a detailed story
of how he went about it (see later section) - a matter
of considerable importance to Ethiopians - as their
emperors traced their lineage to that union in a line,
which but for one break of ca. 133 years eventually
spanned circa 2900 years, through the kings of Kingdom
of Axum, its Roman era (3rd century) name change to
Ethiopia (documented in early Christian records, the
'Ethiopia' name showing up in the historical record
from ca. AD 300 when Axum conquered the ancient kingdom
of Kush, known through both Egyptian and Roman documents),
and the eventual demise of Emperor Haile Selassie (deposed
1974) whose dynasty still survives, albeit out of power.
Even the usurping dynasty was related, as the first
jog through the distaff line (later there were others,[3]
presumably after the inheritance laws were updated)
as the founding king of the [nation name or some other
noun is missing here] was son-in-law of the last Axumite
king,[4] and the crown was returned to a "rightful"
male line, called the Solomonic dynasty in ca. 1270
CE.) |
Qur'anic
account
Main article: Islamic view of the Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba, Bilqis, shown reclining in a garden
- tinted drawing on paper c. 1595The Qur'an, the central
religious text of Islam, never mentions the Queen of
Sheba by name, although Arab sources name her Balqis
or Bilqis. The Qur'an account is similar to the one
in the Bible. The Qur'anic narrative has Solomon getting
reports of a kingdom ruled by a queen whose people worship
the sun. He sent a letter inviting her to visit him
and to discuss his deity, related as Allah, the Lord
of the Worlds (Alamin) in the Islamic text. |
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The
Queen of Sheba, Bilqis, shown reclining in a garden
- tinted drawing on paper c. 1595
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She accepted
the invitation and prepared riddles to test his wisdom
and knowledge. Solomon asked if anyone can bring the
throne of the queen before she arrives. A jinn under
the control of Solomon proposed that he will bring it
before Soloman rises from his seat. One who had knowledge
of the "Book" proposed to bring him the throne
of Bilqis 'in the twinkling of an eye' and accomplished
that immediately (27:40). The queen arrived at his court,
was shown her throne, entered his crystal palace, and
started asking the questions. She was impressed by his
wisdom and praised his deity. Reportedly, she eventually
accepted Abrahamic monotheism. |
Ethiopian account
The imperial family of Ethiopia claims its origin
directly from the offspring of the Queen of Sheba
by King Solomon.[5] The Queen of Sheba (???? ??? nigi?ta
?ab'a), is named Makeda (???) in the Ethiopian account
(which from the Ethiopic languages translates literally
to English as "pillow").
The etymology of her name is uncertain,
but there are two principal opinions about its Ethiopian
source. One group, which includes the British scholar
Edward Ullendorff, holds that it is a corruption of
"Candace", the Ethiopian queen mentioned
in the New Testament Acts; the other group connects
the name with Macedonia, and relates this story to
the later Ethiopian legends about Alexander the Great
and the era of 330 B.C.
The Italian scholar Carlo Conti Rossini,
however, was unconvinced by either of these theories
and, in 1954 stated that he believed the matter unresolved.[6]
An ancient compilation of Ethiopian
legends, Kebra Negast ('the Glory of Kings'), is dated
to seven hundred years ago and relates a history of
Makeda and her descendants. In this account King Solomon
is said to have seduced the Queen of Sheba and sired
her son, Menelik I, who would become the first Emperor
of Ethiopia.
The narrative given in the Kebra Negast
- which has no parallel in the Hebrew Biblical story
- is that King Solomon invited the Queen of Sheba
to a banquet, serving spicy food to induce her thirst,
and inviting her to stay in his palace overnight.
The Queen asked him to swear that he would not take
her by force. He accepted upon the condition that
she, in turn, would not take anything from his house
by force. The Queen assured that she would not, slightly
offended by the implication that she, a rich and powerful
monarch, would engage in stealing. However, as she
woke up in the middle of the night, she was very thirsty.
Just as she reached for a jar of water placed close
to her bed, King Solomon appeared, warning her that
she was breaking her oath, water being the most valuable
of all material possessions. Thus, while quenching
her thirst, she set the king free from his promise
and they spent the night together.
Other Ethiopian accounts make her
the daughter of a king named Agabo or Agabos, in some
legends said to have become king after slaying the
mythological serpent Arwe; in others, to have been
the 28th ruler of the Agazyan tribe. In either event,
he is said to have extended his Empire to both sides
of the Red Sea.
The tradition that the Biblical Queen
of Sheba was a ruler of Ethiopia who visited King
Solomon in Jerusalem, in ancient Israel, is supported
by the first century AD Roman (of Jewish origin) historian
Flavius Josephus, who identified Solomon’s visitor
as a "Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia".
While there are no known traditions
of matriarchal rule in Yemen during the early first
millennium BC, the earliest inscriptions of the rulers
of D?mt in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea mention queens
of very high status, possibly equal to their kings.[7]
For the Ethiopian monarchy, the Solomonic
and Sheban lineage was of considerable political and
cultural importance. Ethiopia had been converted to
Christianity by Egyptian Copts, and the Coptic Church
strove for centuries to keep the Ethiopians in a dependent
and subservient condition, which the Ethiopian emperors
greatly resented.
Possible Egyptian derivation
There also have been claims by some scholars that
the ancient Egyptian name Hatshepsut translates as
"Queen of Sheba".[8] Hatshepsut was a pharaoh
of Egypt, born c. 1508 and died 1458 B.C., who revived
active trade with neighboring kingdoms and created
a flourishing and prosperous economy for her eighteenth
dynasty kingdom. Solar deities are most closely associated
with her dynasty, the one founded by her grandfather
and credited to the patron deity of Thebes, Amun.
She is recorded as having traveled widely as well.
Sheba may be derived from the ancient
Egyptian word for star. The Kush were located in southern
Egypt. According to the eleventh century geographer
Yaqut al-Hamawi, the star-worshippers of Harran in
Turkey and those from Yemen, went on special pilgrimages
to the pyramids of Giza. The "Queen of Sheba"
may have referred to the title of the Kandake when
acting as the chief astronomer or high priestess of
a star-venerating religion that was centered in Africa,
with satellite centers in Arabia, Asia, and Europe.
The "star-worshippers" also
studied or venerated the sun and moon. The roots of
star veneration or star study date back to well before
5000 B.C. Evidence for a level of sophistication and
knowledge of astronomy has been found at several archaeological
sites in Africa, including the complex at Nabta Playa
in southern Egypt. The structure at Nabta is almost
7,000 years old, and is the oldest astronomical complex
in the world. (see Kandake)
Other astronomical sites in Africa
include: Namoratunga II, near Lake Turkana, in Kenya,
which was in use around 300 B.C.; the Senegambian
stone circles; and the Bouar megaliths in what is
now the Central African Republic.
Nubia - another possible location
The tradition of the Candaces is well documented in
Nubia, where the rule of its many queens recedes into
prehistoric times there and the Kentakes is a term
used to describe the long tradition of leadership
in Nubia by warrior queens. Nubia was south of Ancient
Egypt, also divided by the Nile River and bordered
by the Red Sea and, it another candidate for the location
of Sheba and the famous queen. The history of Nubia
provides examples of a tradition and a wealthy kingdom
that could be the original kingdom of the Queen of
Sheba. The economics of the culture was based upon
trade. David Jones, in Women Warriors: a History,
relates that in 332 BC Alexander the Great attempted
to lead his army into Nubia. At its border, he was
confronted with the brilliant military formation devised
by their warrior queen, Candace of Mero?. She led
her army in the opposition from on top of an elephant.
Alexander withdrew and redirected his forces to enter
Egypt instead.[9] It should be noted that this story
is thought by scholars to be legendary, and Alexander
appears never to have attacked Nubia. The whole story
of Alexander and Candace's encounter appears to be
legendary.[10][11] That was the beginning of the Greek
rule of Egypt that would last for three hundred years
until the Roman occupation in 30 B.C.
Strabo also describes a similar clash
with the Romans, in which the Roman army was defeated
by Nubian archers under the leadership of another
queen of Nubia. This queen was described as "one-eyed",
being blind in one eye or represented only in profile.[12]
The strategic formations used by this second queen
are well documented in Strabo's description of her
victory.
Old Kingdom Egyptian accounts of trade
missions first mentioned Nubia in 2300 BC. Egyptians
imported gold, incense, ebony, ivory, and exotic animals
from tropical Africa through Nubia. Aswan, right above
the First Cataract, marked the southern limit of Egyptian
control. As trade between Egypt and Nubia increased,
so did wealth and stability.
By the sixth dynasty of Egypt, Nubia
was divided into a series of small kingdoms. Scholars
debate whether these peoples, who flourished from
c. 2240 BC to c. 2150 BC, were the result of another
internal evolution, wars, or invaders. The Sahara
Desert was becoming too arid to support human beings.
During the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (c. 2040–1640 BC),
Egypt began expanding into Nubia to gain more control
over the trade routes in Northern Nubia and direct
access to trade with southern Nubia. They erected
a chain of forts down the Nile below the Second Cataract
in the river. These garrisons seemed to have had peaceful
relations with the local Nubian people, but little
interaction during the period.
A contemporaneous, but distinct, culture
was the Pan Grave culture, so called because of their
shallow graves. Shallow graves produced mummies naturally.
The Pan Graves are associated with the eastern bank
of the Nile, but the Pan Graves and western groups
definitely interacted. The Kingdom of Kerma arose
as the first kingdom to unify much of the region.
It was named for its presumed capital at Kerma, one
of the earliest urban centers in tropical Africa.
By 1750 BC, the rulers of Kerma were powerful enough
to organize the labor for monumental walls and structures
of mud brick. They created rich tombs with possessions
for the afterlife and large human sacrifices. The
craftsmen were skilled in metalworking and their pottery
surpassed in skill that of Egypt. Excavated sites
at Kerma yielded large tombs and a palace-like structure
('Deffufa'), alluding to the early stability in the
region.
The early tradition of astronomical
observations in Nubia is reflected by the presence
of megaliths discovered at Nabta Playa that are examples
of what seem to be the world's first Archaeoastronomy
devices, predating Stonehenge by at least 1000 years.[13]
According to one authority, the complexity observed
at Nabta Playa, likely formed the basis for the structure
of both the Neolithic society at Nabta and the Old
Kingdom of Egypt.[14] Hence the long tradition of
studying the stars and the sun such as the references
in the Old Testament, and the knowledge of new phenomena
provoking the travel of the Magi.
Christian interpretations
The Queen of Sheba is mentioned as the Queen of the
South in the Matthew 12:42 and Luke 11:31 in the New
Testament, where Jesus indicates that she and the
Ninevites will judge the generation of Jesus' contemporaries
who rejected him.
Christian interpretations of the scriptures
mentioning the Queen of Sheba in the Hebrew Bible,
the Old Testament, typically have emphasized both
the historical and metaphorical values in the story.
The account of the Queen of Sheba thereby is interpreted
as Christian metaphor and analogy: the Queen's visit
to Solomon has been compared to the metaphorical marriage
of the Church to Christ where Solomon is the anointed
one or messiah and Sheba represents a Gentile population
submitting to the messiah; the Queen of Sheba's chastity
also has been depicted as a foreshadowing of the Virgin
Mary; and the three gifts that she brought (gold,
spices, and stones) have been seen as analogous to
the gifts of the Magi (gold, frankincense, and myrrh).
The latter is emphasized as consistent with a passage
from Isaiah 60:6; And they from Sheba shall come:
they shall bring forth gold and incense; and they
shall show forth the praises of the Lord.[15] This
last connection is interpreted as relating to the
Maji, the learned astronomers of Sheba who saw a new
star and set off on a journey to find a new ruler
connected to the new star, that led them to Bethlehem.
Medieval depictions
Art in the Middle Ages depicting the visit of the
Queen of Sheba includes the Portal of the Mother of
God at the 13th century Amiens Cathedral, which is
included as an analogy as part of a larger depiction
of the gifts of the Magi.[16] The 12th century cathedrals
at Strasbourg, Chartres, Rochester and Canterbury
include artistic renditions in such elements as stained
glass windows and door jamb decorations.[15]
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Renaissance depictions
Renaissance relief of the Queen of Sheba meeting Solomon
- gate of Florence BaptistryBoccaccio's On Famous
Women (Latin: De Mulieribus Claris) follows Josephus
in calling the Queen of Sheba, Nicaula. Boccaccio
goes on to explain that not only was she the Queen
of Ethiopia and Egypt, but also the queen of Arabia.
She also is related to have had a grand palace on
"a very large island" called Meroe, located
someplace near the Nile river, "practically on
the other side of the world." From there Nicaula
crossed the deserts of Arabia, through Ethiopia and
Egypt, and up the coast of the Red Sea, to come to
Jerusalem to see "the great King Solomon".[17]
Christine de Pizan's The Book of the
City of Ladies continues the convention of calling
the Queen of Sheba, Nicaula. Piero della Francesca's
frescoes in Arezzo (ca 1466) on the Legend of the
True Cross, contain two panels on the visit of the
Queen of Sheba to Solomon.
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Renaissance
relief of the Queen of Sheba meeting Solomon - gate
of Florence Baptistry
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The legend links the beams of Solomon's
palace (adored by Queen of Sheba) to the wood of the
crucifixion. The Renaissance continuation of the metaphorical
view of the Queen of Sheba as an analogy to the gifts
of the Magi also is clearly evident in the Triptych
of the Adoration of the Magi (c. 1510), by Hieronymus
Bosch. Bosch chooses to depict a scene of the Queen
of Sheba and Solomon in an ornately decorated collar
worn by one of the Magi.[18]
Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
refers to the Queen of Sheba as Saba, when Mephistopheles
is trying to persuade Faustus of the wisdom of the
women with whom he supposedly shall be presented every
morning.[19]
Modern Arab
academic view
Some modern Arab academics have placed the Queen of
Sheba as a ruler of a trading colony in Northwest
Arabia, established by South Arabian kingdoms[citation
needed]. Modern archaeological finds do confirm the
fact that such colonies existed with South Arabian
script and artifacts, although nothing specific to
Balqis or Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba, has been uncovered.
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Recent archaeological
discoveries
The Bar'an temple in Ma'rib - built in the eighth
century BC and functioning for nearly a 1000 yearsRecent
archaeological discoveries in the Mahram Bilqis (Mahram
Bilkees, "Temple of the Moon Deity") in
Mareb, Yemen support the view that the Queen Sheba
ruled over southern Arabia, with evidence suggesting
the area to be the capital of the Kingdom of Sheba.
A team of researchers funded by the
American Foundation for the Study of Man (AFSM) and
led by University of Calgary archaeology professor,
Dr. Bill Glanzman, has been working to "unlock
the secrets of a 3,000-year-old temple in Yemen."
"We have an enormous job ahead of us," said
Glanzman in 2007. "Our first task is to wrest
the sanctuary from the desert sands, documenting our
findings as we go. We're trying to determine how the
temple was associated with the Queen of Sheba, how
the sanctuary was used throughout history, and how
it came to play such an important role in Arab folklore."[20]
The Queen of Sheba
in popular culture
In Britain, Canada, and the USA, there is a common
colloquial remark "...and I'm the Queen of Sheba"
or "If (that is so), then I'm the Queen of Sheba.",
as a retort to something that is obviously false or
meaning "I do not believe that statement."[citation
needed]
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The
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Another common colloquial usage in
the UK and North America is to poke fun at another
person who has dressed up fancily, or has perhaps
displayed superior behavioral traits, resulting in
someone remarking, "Who does s(he) think s(he)
is, The Queen of Sheba?".(WIKI)
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About the composer Michel
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Ma Reine de
Saba - Queen of Saba" turned into his second big
hit which was recorded by over 250 singers in many languages
and was sold over 50,000,000 copies all over the world.
The song also brought him the chance to participate
in the World Most Popular Songs Festival in Tokyo in
1983 and "Ma Reine de Saba" itself has become
one of the favorites in Yahama pianos and keyboard Melodies
and is sold in music sheets since then |
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Ma reine de Saba
French version
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Saba No Goo
Japanese version
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Sing Sing Bar Bara
French version
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Sing Sing Bar Bara
Italian version
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J'voulais Pas T'aimer
French version
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Michel
Laurent
Born in a bourgeois family of an actress
mother and a violinist father in Tunisia, Michel was
cradled in the music of Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Bethoven
and Mozart in his early ages. It was also his family
who inspired him at the age of 13 to pursuit his hobby
of music by offering him his first guitar, his first
recording machine and all the top hit albums in the
American music chart at that moment like those of
Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Little
Richard and the Platters.
Since then, Michel and his friends
grouped together to practise and play under the sun
and on the white sandy beach of Carthage, the beautiful
resort city where later on they started playing in
hotels and restaurants to the music lovers of the
French colony country.
Moving to Paris after the political
change in Tunisia in 1961, Michel kept playing in
different groups whilst continuing his education in
the two famous high-schools of France - Le Lycee de
Jesuite Albert de Mun and Le Lycee Chaptal.
His training and education at the
"Ecole Normale de Musique" has made this
young man the official musician of the balls playing
during weekends and festivals around the country until
the day he met with an American Guitarist and Composer
of Blues/Soul - Mickey Baker. This American composer
of the famous hit "Love is Strange" has
persuaded Michel to record the adaptation of "Ain't
that a Shame" into "C'est bien Fini"
marking Michel's debut into the showbiz as a singer.
And this American composer has always been Michel's
"big" old friend until now.
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Mickey
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The
World Most Popular Songs Festival in Tokyo in
1983
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The second single that Michel introduced was called
"Le Pantin". Composed and sung himself,
Le Pantin became the hit which lasted the longest
time ever in the history of the show "Salut les
Copains" - France's renowned show of rock n'
roll for teenagers at that time.
After 7 albums of rock n' roll, Michel
returned to his original feelings of classical music
writing songs which are fervent with poems and sentiment.
His "Ma Reine de Saba - Queen of Saba" turned
into his second big hit which was recorded by over
250 singers in many languages and was sold over 50,000,000
copies all over the world. The song also brought him
the chance to participate in the World Most Popular
Songs Festival in Tokyo in 1983 and "Ma Reine
de Saba" itself has become one of the favorites
in Yahama pianos and keyboard Melodies and is sold
in music sheets since then.
In the period of Funk and Soul that followed, he wrote
"Sing Sing Barbara" which was recorded in
New York by himself and the Group Mardi Gras in English,
French and Italian. Immediately Sing Sing Barbara
was nominated as the Number One in Europe, and in
Italy, it stayed the top of the hit for six months
consecutively, the record which had never been gained
by any of the foreign songs before.
After working sometime with an American
production house All Platinum Records in New York,
he returned to Paris writing the album "New York
City" with his friend Luc Aulivier, that composes
of song stories of a Frenchman in New York trying
to make his way out in the American chaotic society
after the Vietnam War. He wrote songs for Sheila,
Dalida and some other French singers after the album.
With the coming into being of the disco and the techno
trends in the late 80s, Michel withdrew from the showbiz
to rest in his peaceful garden - his professional
studio- where he keeps writing and recording just
for his loved ones and friends like he always says
"once you start writing, you will never be able
to stop."
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Michel
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Michel Laurent _
Ma Reine de Saba (YouTube)
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Michel Laurent _
Ma Reine de Saba (The site)
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About Raymond Lefevre Ochestra
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Raymond Lefèvre
(From
Wikipedia)
Raymond Lefèvre (November 20, 1929 – June 27, 2008)
was a French easy listening orchestra leader, arranger
and composer.
Born in Calais, France, Lefèvre is
is best known for his 1968 theme "Soul Coaxin'
(Ame Caline)", which became an international
hit. He also wrote soundtracks for movies with Louis
de Funès like La Soupe Aux Choux (1981) or the series
of legendary Le Gendarme De Saint Tropez. During late
1950s and early 1960s he accompanied Dalida on most
of her recordings (Bambino, Por Favor, Tu Peux Tout
Faire de Moi, Quand on N'A Que l'Amour). He started
his musical career in 1956 on the Barclay Records
label.
Contents [hide]
1 Early career
2 Eurovision
3 Death
4 Filmmusic (excerpt)
5 Records (excerpt)
6 External links
Early career
He was accepted at the Paris Conservatory at 17 years
old. During the early 1950s he played the piano for
the Franck Pourcel orchestra. In 1953 he played the
piano at the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. He started
his musical career in 1956 on the Barclay label and
recorded his debut album in the same year.
He worked in the French television
programs Musicorama (1950s) and Palmarés des Chansons
(1965, 1966, 1967) accompanying famous artists as
Dalida, Claude Francois, Richard Anthony, with his
own orchestra.
His recording of "The Day the
Rains Came" was a best seller in the United States
in 1958. The song "Ame Caline" (Soul Coaxin')
became an international hit in 1968 and "La La
La (He Gives Me Love)" was a minor hit in 1968
in Canada and the United States. In 1969 his recording
of "La Reine de Saba" (Queen of Sheba) became
a big hit in Japan. Between 1972 and the early 2000s
he made successful tours in Japan.(More)
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Raymond
Lefevre
selection(CD)(Here)
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01 La Reine De Saba
02 Snow Carnival
03 Soul Coaxing
04 La Maison Est En Ruine
05 Imagine
06 Bridge Over Trouble Water
07 Angie
08 A Whiter Shade Of Pale
09 El Condor Pasa
10 Monde D Amour
11 Night Fly
12 Yesterday Once More
13 My Love
14 Concerto Pour Une Voix
15 Une Belle Histoire
16 El Reloj
17 Viens Viens
18 Strangers La The Night
19 Raindrops Keeps Falling On My Head
20 My Way
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Raymond
Lefevre's
CD issued by Japan JVC
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Detailed Information
List Price $54.99 (You save $3.74)
Category Rock/Pop, World, International, Rock
Label Jvc Victor
All Time Sales Rank 175256
CD Universe Part number 7109986
Catalog number 60557
Discs 1
Release Date Dec 19, 1998
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Additional Info Japan
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Track Listing
1. Reine de Saba
2. Adagio Cardinal
3. MacArthur Park
4. Tous les Deux Pres D'un Beceau
5. Comme Toi
6. Long Sera L'Uver
7. Si Ca Vous Chante
8. Hey Jude
9. Le Temps des Fleurs (Those Were the Days)
10. 100,000 Chansons
11. Pour Etre Sincere
12. Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
13. Iresistiblement
14. Oh Happy Day
15. Oh Lady Mary
16. Un Jour un Enfant
17. 13 Jours en France
18. Day Dream (Reverie)
19. Lily the Pink (Sirop Typhon)
20. Isadora
21. L'Orage
22. Liberte Mon Amoure
23. Catherine
24. Bye Bye Barbara
25. Castschok
(here)
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The
La Reine De Saba adapted by Chinese
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爱的魔力
The magic of love
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爱使我两相遇,
爱使我两分离.
泪就像小雨,
不停洒满地.
情使我两相聚,
情使我两别离.
雨就像泪滴,
润湿我的心.
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爱像大海一样深,
情似流水一样长.
只因你的执着和任性,
从此各奔东西.
说也说不完的情,
述也述不尽的意.
只有把我的心还给心,
才知爱的魔力.
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The
La Reine De Saba performed by various artists
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No.
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The
artists
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Listen
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Right click to download Mp3
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FLV No.
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Note
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001
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Raymond Lefevre
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Paul Mauriat
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Marsiling Chinese Orchestra
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Piano
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Male voice
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Trombone
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Graciela Susana グラシエラ スサーナ
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Female voice
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Guitars
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Akiko Okuda Male voice
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sylvie vartan Male voice
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Maidee.com Orchestral music
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The selected video of The La Reine De Saba
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Paul Mauriat (In
the site)
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Marsiling Chinese Orchestra (In
the site)
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Trombone (In the site)
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Graciela Susana グラシエラ スサーナ Female voice (In the site)
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Attached:
Penelope , El bimbo , Love is blue
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Video
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Note
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006
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By Paul Mauria
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By Paul Mauria
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By Paul Mauria
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Jan.28, 2009
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