Andre Ryder

Andre or Andrea Ryder, born Andreas Anagnostou or Anagnostis (Arabic: أندريا رايـدر‎; Greek: Ανδρέας Αναγνώστου/Αναγνώστης; 1908–1971) was a Greek composer who lived and worked in Egypt in his later years.^[1] Andre Ryder was born in Greece on 10 August 1908 and died on 5 March 1971. There is not much known about his earlier years.

He travelled to Egypt and lived there and worked as a film composer, and was granted Egyptian citizenship in 1970.

Andre Ryder composed music for 61 Egyptian films and 6 Greek films.^[2] He Arranged many songs for many Egyptian Singers. He also worked as a music composer in the Egyptian National Broadcaster. He participated by his compositions in many international festivals; 1969 Barcelona Music festival, 1970 Tokyo and in 1970 in Athens.

Andre Ryder was awarded the Order of the Republic by President Gamal Abdel Nasser. He was celebrated as Best Composer in The Centenary of Andre Ryder held at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2008.^[3]

Andre Ryder was killed in a fight in Buenos Aires, Argentina during one of his tours on 5 March 1971.

Works

Andrea Ryder wrote music for many movies in the 1950s and 1960s. List of Some of his works^[4]

• 1952 A Ripple in the Pond
• 1954 Mademoiselle: Age 39
• 1956 Mawad gharam
• 1956 Windfall in Athens (Greek Film)(Credited as Andreas Anagnostis)
• 1958 Wind of Hate
• 1959 The Nightingale's Prayer
• 1961 Nahr el hub
• 1964 El bab el maftuh
• 1965 Agla mn hayaty
• 1967 Al moukhareboun (The saboteurs)
• 1967 El eib (The Vice)
• 1967 El khouroug min el guana (Leaving Heaven)
• 1967 El lekaa el tani (The Second Meeting)
• 1967 El nessef el akhar (The Other Half)
• 1967 El saman wal karif
• 1967 Moaskar el banat
• 1968 El ragol el-lazi fakad zilloh (The Man who lost his shadow)
• 1969 Al hob al kabeer (The Great Love)

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