Şerif Muhiddin Targan (January 21, 1892 – September 13, 1967), also known as Sherif Muhiddin Haydar or Serif Muhiddin Haydar, was a Turkish Arab classical musician and

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player. His instrumental compositions for the oud departed from the traditional style to explore the limits of this instrument, technically challenging the performer. He was born in

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, Turkey in 1892, his Father was Şerif ‘Alī Ḥaydar Pāshā, and his Mother was Sabiha Hanim, the first Wife of his Father. He began to learn the oud at the age of six, and subsequently took private music lessons in Istanbul – he made his first concert appearance when he was only 13 years old. In 1924 Targan moved to New York, where his music was also well received. In 1932 he returned to Istanbul, where he joined the Istanbul City Orchestra. At the invitation of the Iraqi government, he became the dean of the

Baghdad Conservatory The Baghdad Conservatory is a music conservatory in Baghdad, Iraq . Hanna Petros founded the institution in 1936. The conservatory has produced such famous oud players as Munir Bashir and Jamil Bashir, Salman Shukur and Ghanim Haddad. The maqam s ...

in 1936–37, which produced such famous oud players as the

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brothers

Munir Bashir Munir Bashir, ( ar, منير بشير, syr, ܡܘܢܝܪ ܒܫܝܪ) (1930 – September 28, 1997) was an Iraqi Assyrian musician and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th century and was considered to be the supreme m ...

and

Jamil Bashir Jamil Bachir or Bashir ( ar, جميل بشير; b. Mosul, Iraq, 1920; d. London, September 24, 1977) was an Iraqi musician and expert oud player. The Iraqi Music Institute was opened in 1936, under administration of Hanna Petros (1896–1958), th ...

, as well as

Salman Shukur Salman Shukur was born in 1921 in Baghdad, Iraq, where he died in 2007. He studied oud under Sherif Muheddin Haydar at the Baghdad Conservatory. Later, he became Professor of oud and the head of the Oriental Music Department at the Institute foun ...

and Ghanim Haddad. He married the famous Turkish singer

Safiye Ayla Safiye Ayla (14 July 1907 – 14 January 1998) was one of the most famous singers of Turkish classical music. Early life She was born on 14 July 1907 in Istanbul. Her father, Mısırlı Hicazîzade Hafız Abdullah Bey of Egypt, died before her ...

in 1950 and died in 1967 in Istanbul. He was good friends with

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who refers to him as "Prens Muhittin Haydari" in his autobiography.

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* http://www.turkmusiki.com/serif%20muhiddin%20targan.htm * http://www.oud.gr/serif.htm 1892 births 1967 deaths Turkish classical musicians People from Istanbul Turkish oud players Composers of Ottoman classical music Composers of Turkish makam music 20th-century classical musicians Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni {{Turkey-musician-stub

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