… career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born in Baghdad in either 1902 or 1896—per Israeli immigration … first time during October-November 1932, accompanied by her orchestra. She was invited by producer Meir Zaarur, Yossef … this time, Zaarur was the head of the Music Department of Radio Baghdad (see below) and he invited Umm Kulthum to …

… Blind from the age of two, he studied music as a child in Baghdad’s school for blind Jewish children. The school was … their livelihood.  Salman became a member of the Baghdad Radio Orchestra and a favored accompanist of some of Iraqi's …

… provided an incredibly rich case study to investigate. In Baghdad, Jewish musicians had for generations served as the … Broadcast Authority (IBA) —supported an Arabic music orchestra on its ‘Voice of Israel in Arabic’ channel, which … technologies of mass dissemination (78 rpm records, films, radio stations, LPs and more). Its development was entwined …

… musicians, members of the Voice of Israel in the Arabic Radio Orchestra. He also performed as a soloist with the … He also composed from the piyyutim of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad and Rabbi Yosef Mesas. He also composed many …

… Elias  on nay. Produced by Ezra Aharon , head of the Israel Radio Orchestra. Elias was a member of the radio orchestra and … Research … Iraq … Jewish musicians … Maqam … Baghdadi … 4. Qta’ah ‘Ala al-Nay (Piece on the Nay) …

… a virtuoso nay player, composer and instrument maker. In Baghdad Elias studied law as well as the nay with a Syrian … brothers Salah and Daoud al-Kuwaiti. He joined the Baghdad Radio Orchestra in 1947. Elias specialized in both Iraqi maqam and …

… in maqam bayat nawa . Recorded in Israel in 1969 with the radio orchestra, sourced from tape 7B, item 1, radio tape 1725. … … Research … Iraq … Jewish musicians … Maqam … Baghdadi … 9. Nagham …

… the tradition while listening to performances in homes and Baghdadi coffee houses. Shibith reportedly took the … the traditional Iraqi repertoire. Fortunately, Israel Radio arranged for Shibith (among others) to record many … Ensemble … Israel Broadcast Authority’s Oriental music orchestra … Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen) …