Ṣayyūn al-Qānūnjī

صيّون القانونجي

Born: 1895
Died: 1964
Roles: Instrumentalist; qānūn

Sayyun Cohen was an Iraqi qanun player accompanying Abd al-Latif al-Kuwaiti’s Odeon recordings.

As printed on the labels Azouri et Sayoun et Alexandreعزوري العواد وصيون القانونجي واسكندر الكمنجاتي

Recordings

Thirty seconds of each recording. The whole recording plays on AMAR Radio and in the Listening room.

Bashraf qarah baṭak sīkāh

بشرف قره بطك سيكاه
- Baidaphone
- 1928
- Bashraf
- 7:45
7:45

30-second extract Discussed in episode 201 In the Listening room
Bashraf ʿushshāq ʿUthmān Bey

بشرف عشّاق عثمان بك
- Baidaphone
- 1928
- Bashraf
- 7:58
7:58

30-second extract Discussed in episode 102 In the Listening room
Murabbaʿ al-bayyātī

مربّع البياتي
- Baidaphone
- 1928
- 3:54
3:54

30-second extract Discussed in episode 025 In the Listening room

Heard on the AMAR podcast

Sama‘ Niẓāmunā al-Mūsīqī More episodes

Named in the biography

‘Abd al-Laṭīf al-Kuwaytī 1901–1975 Singer