Yūnus al-Kātib al-Mug̲h̲annī

Abū Sulaymān Yūnus b. Sulaymān b. Kurd b. S̲h̲ahriyār,(ibn sulayman ibn kurd ibn shahriyar) wellknown musician and writer on music in the first half of the 2nd/8th century.

He was the son of a jurist ( faḳīh ) of Persian origin and a mawlā of the family of al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām (Ḳurays̲h̲). Yūnus was born and grew up in Medina. He entered the local dīwān as a scribe, hence his surname al-Kātib. Early in life, however, he was attracted by music, and he is said to have taken lessons mainly from Maʿbad [q.v.], but also from Ibn Surayd̲j̲, Ibn Muḥriz, al-G̲h̲arīḍ [q.vv.], and Muḥammad b. ʿAbbād al-Kātib. He was also a gifted po…

Works
    Kitab al-Nagham (partly survived)
    Kitab al-Kian
    Kitab al-Mudjarrad Yunus
    Kitab fi 'l-Aghani (also called Diwan Yunus, according to Ibn Khordadbeh, this book contained 825 song texts by 35 singers)

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Ahmad Ebrahimi

  

 Iran veteran vocalist Ahmad Ebrahimi Passes away 

Veteran classical Iranian vocalist and music teacher Ahmad Ebrahimi has passed away at a hospital in the capital city of Tehran at the age of 87.

 

The artist, Ebrahimi, who was suffering from a heart disease during recent years, met his death on Tuesday, June 25, 2013. 

Born in 1926 in Kordestan Province, Ebrahimi grew up in a family whose members were music lovers and artists. 

His training in music was under the supervision of Iranian maestros such as Abolhassan Saba, Hossein Tehrani and Gholam Hossein Banan. 

Ebrahimi’s many performances were presented on Radio Tehran when he was very young. 

His funeral ceremony is scheduled to be held on June 27, 2013. 

Aşıq Alı

 

Aşıq Alı (or aşıq alı bayazidi),

Kurdish Poet and folk singer

Born: 1801.1911, Soviet Union

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