Reza Mahjubi ( fa, رضا محجوبی), (1898 – 14 July 1954) was a

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Biography

Birth and Childhood

Reza Mahjubi was born in 1898 in

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, into a musical family. His father, Abbasali Nazer, used to play

ney The ''ney'' ( fa, Ney/نی, ar, Al-Nāy/الناي), is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Persian music and Arabic music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played continually ...

, and his mother, Fakhrosadat, played

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. Both Reza and his younger brother,

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, therefore developed an early interest in music and later pursued careers as musicians.

Teachers

Mahjubi's first teacher was Hossein Hang Afarin, an army music officer. He was later taught by Ebrahim Ajang, but left these lessons after disagreeing with Ajang's emphasis on musical theory over less formal learning. Instead, he trained with Hossein Khan Esmail Zade, a master player of kamancheh, from whom Mahjubi also learned to play the violin.

Professional life

When Mahjubi was 16 his father opened a cafe in Tehran's Lalezar Street. Mahjubi and his

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played to entertain the customers, and quickly attracted attention. At 25 Mahjubi began to teach music classes; he continued composing new works and performing concerts at the same time. In 1923 he conducted some popular concerts with

Darvish Khan Darvish Khan ( fa, درویش‌خان , Gholam Hossein Darvish; 1872 – 22 November 1926) was a Persian classical musician and a tar player.http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news.aspx?id=44944 Biography Darvish Khan was born in Tehran. His teac ...

and

Aref Qazvini Abolqassem Aref Qazvini ( fa, ابوالقاسم‌ عارف قزوینی , 1882 – January 21, 1934) was an Iranian poet, lyricist, and musician. Biography He was born in Qazvin. He composed many poems about Iran and was called a ''national ...

. Poet Amiri FiruzkuhiGolha Project Website

Amiri-yi Firuzkuhi, Sayyid Karim (1910-1984)
(registration required) was among his close friends. Mahjubi suffered a nervous illness at age 24. He recovered through treatment, but underwent personality changes. Though he continued to recognize his friends, some of his speech became incomprehensible.

Death

Reza Mahjubi died at the age of 56, on 14 July 1954, and was buried in Zahiroddole cemetery.

Students

Among Mahjubi's most famous students were

Roohollah Khaleghi Ruhollâh Xâleqi ( fa, , born 1906 in Kerman, Iran – 12 November 1965 in Salzburg, Austria), also spelled as ''Khaleqi'', was a prominent Iranian musician, composer, conductor and author. He was the father of the first Persian women conduct ...

and Majid Vafadar, the creator of: Mara beboos, Golnar, Zohre, Gol umad bahar umad, and Sham'e shabane.

Works

Some of his chaharmezrabs, pishdaramads and

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s have remained in Abu Ata and Dashti dastgahs. Most of his works are in the style of Darvish Khan. Among his famous pishdaramads are Pishdaramade Esfehan, which has been arranged recently by

Farhad Fakhreddini Farhad Fakhreddini ( fa, فرهاد فخرالدینی; born 11 March 1938 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is a renowned Iranian composer, conductor and founder of Iran’s National Orchestra. He led Iran's Radio and Television Orchestra from 19 ...

for the Kife Englisi serial.

References

External links

Iranica online - Maḥjubi, ReżāGolha Project Website

Mahjubi, Riza (1898-1954)
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