1932-2002
He was born in Mosul, and he studied at the School of Shimon Safa . In 1945 he entered St. John Institute of Priesthood where he learned the basic principles of music. He was ordained a priest in 1956, and he served in several churches in Baghdad until he settled in the church of St. Elijah the Hairi to the time of his death. He had contributed to the founding of the Society of Syriac-speaking Artists and chaired it for seven years. He taught hymns and liturgical music at Babel College, the Institute of Christian Education, and in the courses and chanting bands in various churches, schools and associations. He participated in severa conferences, and he was the Vatican representative at the Arab Conference of Music in 1975 He composed tunes for many school songs. He also gained the membership of the Iraqi National Commission of Music in 1976. He was concerned with the permanence of the ancient Chaldean liturgical hymns, so he worked on refining their performance based on the mothe tongue which they were built on, and with help of a number of musicians that play traditiona instruments. His works include: (Analysis of Sound Compatibility), A’lvoka’ (in two volumes) ,(Polyphony), (the orchestra), (the musical forms(two thing how to play the guitar ) (teaching how to play the electronic organ-two parts), and principles of music and it theories).
