Mohammad Nouri (singer)

Mohammad Nouri (Persian: محمد نوری ‎) (December 22, 1929 – July 31, 2010) was one of the foremost folk and pop singers in Iran.

Before the 1979 Iranian revolution, Nouri was relatively unknown among Iranian pop music lovers. Ironically enough, while most pop artists flew out of the country and continued their career, Nouri's music began to be appreciated among the young after 1979. For years, he had been neglected and enjoyed only a little bit of popularity among fans of pop music mainly because his was a special type of music--chore orchestral rather than popular. Not surprisingly, other than the few folk songs, his songs were mostly played on the state run radio and then only during odd hours. He was often heard during breaks on the Army broadcasting service shows.

Biography

He studied 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]

See also

• Music of Iran
• List of Iranian musicians

References

External links

• Facebook Fanpage
• (Persian) Mohammad Nouri: A Bridge between Iranian Folk and Pop Music, BBC Persian
• His collaborations with Fariborz Lachini
• His works