Gabriel Asaad (
Syriac Syriac may refer to:
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: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܐܣܥܕ) (March 18, 1907,
Midyat
Midyat ( ku, Midyad, Syriac: ܡܕܝܕ ''Mëḏyaḏ'', Turoyo: ''Miḏyoyo'', ar, مديات) is a town in the Mardin Province of Turkey. The ancient city is the center of a centuries-old Hurrian town in Upper Mesopotamia. In its long history, the ...
– July 6, 1997
Stockholm
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) was an
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
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** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
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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
Turoyo ( syr, ܛܘܪܝܐ) (''Ṭūr ‘Abdinian Aramaic''), also referred to as modern Surayt ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ), or modern Suryoyo ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), is a Central Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken in the Tur Abdin region in southeaste ...
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
*
List of Assyrian musicians
References
الموسيقار السرياني كبرئيل أسعد
External links
Gabriel Asaad Qeenatha.com
، عبود زيتون
الموسيقار الملفان كبرئيل أسعد كريم إينا
1907 births
1997 deaths
Turkish emigrants to Sweden
Assyrian nationalists
Assyrian musicians
Assyrians from the Ottoman Empire
Syriac-language singers
Swedish people of Assyrian or Syriac descent
20th-century Syrian male singers
20th-century composers
People from Midyat
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