{"id":358698,"date":"2023-08-03T17:02:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T20:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/lebanese-descendant-collects-arabic-records-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:55:38","slug":"lebanese-descendant-collects-arabic-records-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/lebanese-descendant-collects-arabic-records-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese descendant collects Arabic records in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazilian Henrique Tabchoury (pictured above<\/em>) has listened to Arabic music records with his Lebanese father since he was a child and saw him get emotional with the songs of his homeland. Jamil Abr\u00e3o Tabchoury was born in Tripoli, Lebanon, in 1917 and came to Brazil with his family in 1927 when he was nine.<\/p>\n

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Henrique Tabchoury in one of his first purchases of records, in 2000<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After he died in 1988, Henrique inherited around 300 Arabic records from his father. Since then, he has dedicated his free time to rescuing, collecting, and cataloging Arab music material, many of them recorded in Brazil, as a way of honoring his father and the Arab colony that came to Brazil in the first diaspora in the late 19th century and early 20th.<\/p>\n

A trained agronomist, Tabchoury works in agribusiness and, since the 2000s, started buying Arabic records for his collection, which today has around 4,000 pieces \u2013 some are not Arabic. He recently received a donation of 22 albums by Arab and Brazilian artists from the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC).<\/p>\n

Tabchoury searches for Arabic music records in advertisements, used bookstores, antique shops, and websites. He collects Arab discography produced in Brazil and already has around 60 albums by Arab artists who lived and recorded in the country for labels such as Continental, Odeon, Arte-fone, and RCA Victor. The recordings were made between 1927 and 1935, and the collection includes records by artists such as Nagib Hankash and Nagib Mubarak.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a retrieval of the history of the Arab colony in Brazil; these artists were of fundamental importance for the community; they were an encouragement for the Arabs who came to Brazil,\u201d said Tabchoury to ANBA.<\/p>\n

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Arabic records produced in Brazil from Tabchoury’s collection <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The albums are mainly from Syrian and Lebanese artists. \u201cI guess most are Lebanese artists as many sing odes to Lebanon, and 90% to 95% are Christian Arabs,\u201d said Tabchoury. In his assessment, over half of these are Orthodox Christians, and less than half are Maronite Christians.<\/p>\n

Of the 4,000 discs in his collection, he has already cataloged and digitalized around 580, and nearly 400 are Arabic music. “Cataloged, including private and serial recordings, we have 390 Arab 78rpm records produced in Brazil, apart from LP albums (vinyl), compact, and 10-inch records,” he informed. He intends to digitalize his entire collection and later launch a website with the music catalog and information about the artists.<\/p>\n

One of his goals is to find all Arabic records of private recordings made in Brazil until the 1970s. After the 1970s, recordings from abroad began to arrive here,\u201d he said. He also wants to find more old Arabic records, whether recorded in Brazil or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people keep records for sentimental value, and some don\u2019t know what to do and throw them in the trash. I\u2019m looking for these records in my spare time; I go to other cities and talk to families. I have no commercial interest; my collection has a historical background and is a source of homage to the Arabs in Brazil,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

Tabchoury has already been to Arax\u00e1, Barretos, Uberaba, Goi\u00e2nia, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, and Pindamonhangaba, among other Brazilian municipalities with Arab communities. \u201cI want people to know I\u2019m building this collection,\u201d he said. He accepts donations and also buys records.<\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Henrique Tabchoury
\nPhone & WhatsApp: +55 (034) 99300-0675
\nEmail: htabchoury@gmail.com<\/a>
\nInstagram: @hentabchoury
\nFacebook: Henrique Tabchoury<\/p>\n

Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n

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