Gabriel Asaad
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| Gabriel Asaad ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܐܣܥܕ |
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Gabriel Asaad in 1962
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| Born | March 18, 1907 Midyat, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Stockholm, Sweden |
| Known for | Composer and Assyrian nationalist |
Gabriel Asaad (Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܐܣܥܕ) (March 18, 1907, Midyat – July 6, 1997 Stockholm) was an Swedish-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 Syriac 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
External links
- Gabriel Asaad, Qeenatha.com
References
- الموسيقار السرياني كبرئيل أسعد، عبود زيتون
- الموسيقار الملفان كبرئيل أسعد , كريم إينا
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