Baghdad Conservatory
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The Baghdad Conservatory is a Baghdad
, Iraq
music conservatory. Hanna Petros
founded the institution in 1936.
The conservatory has produced such famous oud players as Munir Bashir
and Jamil Bashir, Salman Shukur
and Ghanim Haddad. The maqam
singer Farida Mohammad Ali
had taught there. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ishraqaat-Farida/dp/B000OLG5N6 Also, instrumentalists Munir Bashir and Salem Abdul Karem. http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/haj.html
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
music conservatory. Hanna Petros
Hanna Petros
Hanna Petros , was an Iraqi Assyrian composer and a scholar. He wrote numerous books and treatises over oriental music, Iraqi Maqams and Syriac hymnody. He is also established a renowned conservatory in Baghdad.- Life :...
founded the institution in 1936.
The conservatory has produced such famous oud players as Munir Bashir
Munir Bashir
Munir Bashir was an Assyrian musician in Iraq and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th century and was considered to be the supreme master of the Arab maqamat scale system....
and Jamil Bashir, Salman Shukur
Salman Shukur
Salman Shukur was born in 1921 in Baghdad, Iraq. He studied oud under Sherif Muheddin Haydar at the Baghdad Conservatory. Later, he became Professor of oud and the head of the Oriental Music Department at the Institute founded by Sharif Muheddin, and held that post for 30 years. He was also...
and Ghanim Haddad. The maqam
Arabic maqam
Arabic maqām is the system of melodic modes used in traditional Arabic music, which is mainly melodic. The word maqam in Arabic means place, location or rank. The Arabic maqam is a melody type...
singer Farida Mohammad Ali
Farida Mohammad Ali
Farida Mohammad Ali is an Iraqi singer. She performs regularly in the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble. The ensemble was established in 1989 in Baghdad by Mohammad H.Gomar to continue of the 1973 ensemble organized by the prominent lute professor Munir Bashir. She had taught maqam singing at the Baghdad...
had taught there. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ishraqaat-Farida/dp/B000OLG5N6 Also, instrumentalists Munir Bashir and Salem Abdul Karem. http://www.oud.eclipse.co.uk/haj.html