Iraqi Musicians by Instrument - Iraqi Guitarists, Iraqi Oud Players, Munir Bashir, Ahmed Mukhtar, Rahim Alhaj, Naseer Shamma, Ilham Al-Madfai (Paperback)

Chapters: Iraqi Guitarists, Iraqi Oud Players, Munir Bashir, Ahmed Mukhtar, Rahim Alhaj, Naseer Shamma, Ilham Al-Madfai, Salman Shukur, Jamil Bachir, Laith Alattar. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Munir Bashir (Arabic:, Syriac: ) He created different styles of the Arabian short scaled lute, the oud. He was one of the first middle eastern instrumentalists known to Europe and America. Bashirs music is distinguished by a novel style of improvisation that reflects his study of Indian and European tonal art in addition to oriental forms.. Munir Although he was an ethnic Assyrian Bashir played a big role in Arab culture throughout the 20th century. Born in Iraq, he had to deal with numerous disruptions of violent coup attempts and multiple wars that the country went through. He would eventually exile to Europe and become noticeable first in eastern nations such as Hungary and Bulgaria. Mosul with its Tigris bridgeMunir Bashir was born in Mosul, situated in northern Iraq. According to different references he was born in a period of time from 1928 to 1930. Bashir is descended from an Assyrian father and mother (origin from the village Ehwo in Tur Abdin. His father Abd al-Aziz and his brother Jamil had good reputations as oud-soloists and vocalists; Jamil wrote an important textbook for the oud. The family started musically educating young Bashir at his age of five, Bashir's father began to instruct him and his older brother Jamil in the basics of ud. His father, who was also a poet believed that a pure tradition of Arab music had devolved in Baghdad. He first learned to play the violoncello, a European instrument that had become a popular bass-instrument in Arabian music during the end of the 19th century. He simultaneously was taught playing the oud...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1170320