56. Late 19th-Early 20th Centuries, Aleppo
Despite being blinded as a young boy, this inhabitant of the Syrian city of Aleppo gains fame for composing some 400 pizmonim, songs sung on special occasions by Sephardic Jews. While able to effortlessly improvise verses to any melody even, it is said, to the sound of water dripping from buckets on a waterwheel, this sightless composer feels his greatest musical affinity for Arab music.
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