Hanna Petros

Hanna Petros (Syriac: ܚܢܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ, Arabic: حنا بطرس) (1896 – 1958) was an Iraqi composer and a scholar. He wrote numerous books and treatises on oriental music, Iraqi Maqams and Syriac hymnody, and established a renowned conservatory in Baghdad. He is well known for creating the first musical records in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic and for pioneering musical performance and composition in Iraq.