Gabriel Asaad
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Gabriel Asaad ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܐܣܥܕ | |
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Born | |
Died | July 6, 1997 | (aged 90)
Known for | Composer and Assyrian nationalist |
Gabriel Asaad (Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܐܣܥܕ) (March 18, 1907, Midyat – July 6, 1997 Stockholm) was an Assyrian composer and musician. Among the classical songs of Gabriel Asaad there are Ho Donho Shemsho (ܗܐ ܕܢܚܐ ܫܡܫܐ The sun is shining), Motho Rhimto (ܡܬܐ ܪܚܝܡܬܐ Beloved nation) and Moth Beth-Nahrin (ܡܬܝ ܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ Mesopotamia my nation). Gabriel Asaad was the pioneer of Assyrian music and composed the first Assyrian song in the Turoyo language in modern time, Othuroye Ho Mtoth Elfan l-Metba‘ (1926, ܐܬܘܪܝܶܐ ܗܐ ܡܛܬ ܐܠܦܢ ܠܡܛܒܥ Assyrians, Our ship is on the way to sink).
See also
References
- الموسيقار السرياني كبرئيل أسعد Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Gabriel Asaad, Qeenatha.com
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- الموسيقار الملفان كبرئيل أسعد , كريم إينا
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