Salah El Mahdi
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Salah El Mahdi 🇹🇳

صالح المهدي (زرياب) (Known as "Salah El Mahdi (Ziryab)")
Composer, Musicologist, Director of Music at the Ministry of Culture, Ney Virtuoso
Born Feb 09, 1925 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunisia
Passed Away Sep 12, 2014 Tunis, Tunisia
Lifespan 89 years old
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"The modern Ziryab of Tunisia who gave flight to melodies of national pride."

Archival Overview

Legendary musicologist, ney master, and composer known as 'Ziryab' who composed Tunisia's first national anthem Ala Khallidi and established the nationwide network of regional music conservatories.

Biographical Record

Salah El Mahdi was one of the most towering cultural personalities of modern Tunisia. An accomplished lawyer and doctor of musicology from the Sorbonne, he was also a virtuoso of the ney (reed flute) and classical Arab modes (maqamat).

Following independence, he composed the music for Tunisia's original republican national anthem, Ala Khallidi (O Make Eternal). As director of music and arts at the Ministry of Culture for thirty years, he founded regional conservatories across every governorate and represented Tunisia at UNESCO.

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Final Resting Place

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Djellaz Cemetery
Tunis, Tunisia
GPS: 36.7869, 10.1839
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