Background
His father did not want him to become a musician but he traveled to Mansoura, where he studied under the composer Mohammed Sahabaari.
His father did not want him to become a musician but he traveled to Mansoura, where he studied under the composer Mohammed Sahabaari.
Dawood was apprenticed to a bookbinder, Sukkar Bookshop, at the age of ten. A customer, Sheikh Mohammed Abdu, encouraged him to study music and singing.
He composed the first Operetta in the Arabic language. Dawood"s father, Khidr Hossnei, was a jeweler. He learned composition and oud, and when he returned to Cairo, sang the compositions of Sheikh Mohammad Abdelrahim (known as al-Masloub).
At the age of twenty, he composed in the forms of adwar, taqtuqa, and qasida, imitating the singing style of Mohammed Uthman.
In 1932, he was selected to record the works of Mohammed Uthman. He was also the composer of the first Egyptian opera, "Shamshoon and Delilah".
Dawood Hussnei composed ensembles for many theatrical musicals for Ukasha, Muneera al-Mahdia, Naguib al-Rihani, Ali al-Kassar, and Muhammed Bahgat, such as "Marouf al-Askafee", "Sabah", "al Brensissah", "al Layalee al Milah", and "al Ghandoura". Hussnei"s first wife, Qamar ("Moon") died young.
lieutenant is possible he composed the song "Qamar al Layli" ("Moon of Many Nights"in the maqam rast) in her honor.
The last professional work Hussnei did was for a musical program for the National Radio Station. He died in 1937.