Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity
Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity صالح و داوود الكويتي | |
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The brothers with Yusuf Za'arur and their group in Baghdad in 1935. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Saleh and Daoud Ezra Ben Jacob Erzoni 1908 (Saleh) 1910 (Daoud) |
| Origin | Iraq, Kuwait, Iran |
| Died | 1986 (aged 77–78) (Saleh) 1976 (aged 65–66) (Daoud) |
| Genres | Arabic, Iraqi maqam, Kuwaiti sawt |
Saleh (1908–1986) and Daud (1910–1976) Al-Kuwaity (Arabic: صالح و داوود الكويتي) were Kuwait-born Israeli musicians of Babylonian and Persian Jewish ancestry who rose to prominence in the Arab world in the early twentieth century. The brothers had a pioneering role in the modern classical music of Iraq and Kuwait, especially the Iraqi maqam and Kuwaiti sawt genres. In 1951, the brothers immigrated from Iraq to Israel.