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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Chapters: Iraqi musical groups, Iraqi musicians, Munir Bashir, Ziryab, Kurdish music, Music of Iraq, Ardulfurataini Watan, Khyam Allami, Saleh and Daoud Al-Kuwaity, Unknown to No One, Linda George, Solhi Al-Wadi, Zuhal Sultan, Mawtini, Nawfal Shamoun, Ahmed Mukhtar, Ashur Bet Sargis, Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, Rahim AlHaj, Naseer Shamma, Rahma Mezher, Niz-r, Ilham al-Madfai, Sargon Gabriel, Juliana Jendo, Bashar Lulua, Janan Sawa, Ahmed El Faleh, Majid Al Muhandis, Maqam al-iraqi, Salman Shukur, Siya Cheman, Dena El Saffar, Jamil Bachir, Mansour Zalzal, Laith Alattar, Baghdad Conservatory, Salima Pasha. Excerpt: Munir Bashir (Arabic:, Syriac: ) He created different styles of the Arabian short scaled lute, the oud. He was one of the first middle eastern instrumentalists known to Europe and America. Bashir's music is distinguished by a novel style of improvisation that reflects his study of Indian and European tonal art in addition to oriental forms. Born in Iraq, he had to deal with numerous disruptions of violent coup attempts and multiple wars that the country went through. He would eventually exile to Europe and become noticeable first in eastern nations such as Hungary and Bulgaria. Mosul with its Tigris bridgeMunir Bashir was born in Mosul, situated in northern Iraq. According to different references he was born in a period of time from 1928 to 1930. Bashir is descended from a family of Assyrian heritage. His father Abd al-Aziz and his brother Jamil had good reputations as oud-soloists and vocalists; Jamil wrote an important textbook for the oud. The family started musically educating young Bashir at his age of five, Bashir's father began to instruct him and his older brother Jamil in the basics of ud. His father, who was also a poet believed that a pure tradition of Arab music had devolved in Baghdad. He first learned to play the violoncello, a European instrument that had become a popular bass-instrument in Arabian music during the end of the 19th century. He simultaneously was taught playing the oud. The lute plays a similar role in Arabian music as the piano does in European music: it is the instrument used to impart the most important theoretical aspects in music. Due to a blend of many different styles and traditions there is a rich musical history in northern Iraq. In this milieu Bashir came in contact with Byzantine, Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkish, Persian, and traditional Abbasidian music. Baghdad in the 1970sAt the age of six talented Bashir was sent to the Baghdad conservatory, founded 1934 by the distinguished Iraqi musicologist Scharif Muhyi ad-Din
