1921-1977
He was born in Mosul. He mastered playing the lute since his childhood. He joined the Music Institute in Baghdad in 1936. He composed school songs and studied music. He recorded Iraqi musical scales (Mnqams) and heublished a number of musical introductions in his book (the Lute and How to Teach it). He also recorded various musicnl seales (Maqams) with Mohammad Qubbanji. Nazim Al-Ghazali, Yousif Omar, Abdul-Hadi Al-Bayati, Abdul- Rahman Khidir, Zuhur Hussein, and Sadiqa Al-Malaya. His musical works include the redistribution of Iraqi popular songs and recording them with the voice of Nazim Al-Ghazali, such as ‘Ala Jisr Almusayab Sayiboni”, ‘Gulli Yn Hilu’, ‘Ya lbin Alhamula’, Khayif Alcha’, “Tal’a Min Bet Abuha’, ‘Ma Arida Alghntlobi’. Foog nnaklhal”, and others. He produced a group of traditional musical compositions, and another academic group. le also had warbling musical compositions. He aecompanied most of the Iraqi famous singers using the violin and lute. He actually excelled in teaching the lute at the Institute of Arts, and dozens of artists graduated at his hands. He has a book entitled (set of modern school anthems) that includes 46 school anthems with their musical notes.
