Hsissen (December 8, 1929 – September 29, 1958) was an Algerian singer.
Biography
Hsissen was born at 15 rue Monthabor in the
Casbah of Algiers to a modest family, originally from
Maâtkas (
Tizi Ouzou Province
Tizi Ouzou ( Kabyle: Tawilayt n Tizi Wezzu, ar, ولاية تيزي وزو) is a province (''wilayah'') of Algeria in the Kabylia region. Its capital is Tizi Ouzou.
History
In 1984, Boumerdès Province was carved out of its territory.
Admini ...
). From a very young age, he was interested in the ''
chanson
A (, , french: chanson française, link=no, ; ) is generally any lyric-driven French song, though it most often refers to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music. The genre had origins in the monophonic so ...
'' style and the works of composer
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka ( ar, الحاج محمد العنقة}), (May 20, 1907 in Algiers – November 23, 1978 in Algiers) also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (and various other combinations), was considered a Grand Ma ...
. He also respected and admired the work of
Khelifa Belkacem. At the age of 23, he formed an orchestra. Hsissen combined his love of music with activism with the
Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties The Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD), name proposed by Maiza, was created October 1946 to replace the outlawed Parti du Peuple Algerien (PPA). Messali Hadj remained as its president.
The MTLD was created on the same platform ...
and the
National Liberation Front.
Hsissen died in Tunis on September 29, 1958, after a long bout of lung disease. His remains were re-interred in his homeland on September 29, 2012, in the commemoration of the 54th year of his death. This coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of the
independence of Algeria
Independence Day ( ar, عيد استقلال, french: Jour de l'Indépendance), observed annually on 5 July, is a National Holiday in Algeria commemorating colonial Algerian independence from France on 5 July 1962.
Algerian War (1954–196 ...
.
Novembre du retour à la mère patrie
/ref> He is buried at the El Kettar Cemetery
El Kettar Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة القطار) is one of the most famous cemeteries in Algeria. It is situated in a suburb of the city of Algiers in the Communes of Algeria, commune of Oued Koriche. It opened in 1838 replacing the cemetery of S ...
.
Bibliography
*''Les grandes figures de l'art musical Algérien'', Tome 1, Edt : ENAG, Alger, 2008; by Abdelkader Bendameche.
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1929 births
1958 deaths
Algerian songwriters
Kabyle people
Algerian revolutionaries
Respiratory disease deaths in Tunisia
People from Casbah
20th-century Algerian male singers