Mohammad Nouri (singer)

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Mohammad hedayat Nouri
Birth name Mohammad Nouri
Born (1929-12-22)December 22, 1929
Origin Tehran, Iran
Died July 31, 2010(2010-07-31) (aged 80)
Genres Persian music
Classical music
Occupations Composer, Singer,
Years active 1940's – 2010
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Mohammad Nouri (Persian: محمد نوری ‎) (December 22, 1929 – July 31, 2010) was one of the foremost folk and pop singers in Iran.

Early in his career, Nouri enjoyed some degree of popularity among chore orchestral music lovers. His tunes were often serious and thought-provoking, hardly palatable, though, for the young and old pop music lovers who admired stage and special event performers, such as Viguen and a host of others. Nouri held his chosen career in such high esteem and refused to be ranked among pop singers who were mushrooming during 60's and 70's perhaps because he observed how they often stooped to degradation that ordinarily money and fame imposed on the arts, not to mention hasty fast buck lyrics. Not surprisingly, other than the few folk songs, his album tunes were mostly played on public radio and then only during odd hours though somewhat regularly during breaks on the military radio shows.

Biography

He studied the English Language and Literature at the University of Tehran, but continued his professional career in music.[1] He studied Persian music under Esmaeil Mehrtash and music theory and piano under Sirous Shahrdar and Fereidoun Farzaneh. In his singing style he was considered as a follower of Hossein Aslani and Naser Hosseini.[1]

Nouri rose to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct style of singing and enjoyed four decades of popularity among Iranians of all generations.

His song Jaan-e Maryam, Gol-e Maryam (جان مریم، گل مریم), as well as his patriotic song Iran, Iran, have been and are well known melodies and themes among three generations of Iranians from both before and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Renowned singer, Mohammad Nouri passed away" (in Persian). BBC. Retrieved 3 August 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Everlasting voice of Maryam dies". Press TV. Retrieved 3 August 2010. 

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