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English Aminollah Rashidi Iranian Radio Singer & Composer
He was born in Kashan, one of the ancient cities in Iran. He is the first Iranian singer acquainted with international musical notes when he was learning music in free night classes of Iranian Conservatory located in former "Roodaki Hall" from 1947(1326) to 1949(1328), while he had great Iranian music Masters such as Mousa Maaroufi, Dr.Mahdi Forough,et al.He had already learned to play "Tar"(one of Iranian traditional musical instruments) in the presence of Master Hasan Naghshpour & Master Masoud Maarefi . He was learning carpet designing & calligraphy from Master Ali Akbar Sanaati when he was a student of Shahpour elementary school and Phahlavi highschool in Kashan. After graduation he continued carpet designing with Master Mohammad Dabir al Sanayeh & Master Naghshpour until he was able to design an Iranian carpet by himself. He was one of Iranian Radio composers & singers in Tehran central radio started from 1949(1328) up to 1965(1344) continuously. He composed more than 120 songs with cooperation of such Iranian Masters as Habibollah Badiei, Parviz Yahaghi, Homayoun Khorram, Abbas Shahpouri, Anoushiravan Rohani, Reza Yavari, and the other masters of that time in radio. In addition to his songs composed by himself, he sang numbers of songs composed by Iranian music Masters such as Mousa Maaroufi, Hossein Yahaghi, Ali Tajvidi, Homayoun Khorram, Shahpour Niakan,Abbas Zandi, et al live at Iranian Radio. About half of the mentioned songs was performed before 1955(1334) when the recording musical systems weren't available; therefore there are no songs recorded before the mentioned year. The other half of his works from 1999(1378) till now has been published in 5 Cassettes & CDs containing 50 songs. These collections are Atr-e Gisoo(Ringlet Scent), Man Eshgham(I'm Love),Afsoongar(Charmer), Delam Tang Ast(I'm Heartsick) extracted from lyrics of Iranian modern famous poet Mahdi Akhavan Saless, and finally Chashme Shab(The Eyes of Night).Two other collections Shahre Afsaneha(City of Legends) and Zemestan(The Winter) will be available to Iranian music enthusiasts next year. The lyrics of the mentioned songs has been mostly composed by certain Iranian contemporary poets like Abolghasem Halat, Rahi Moayeri, Frerydoon Moshiri, Mehrdad Avesta, Tooraj Negahban, Bijan Tarraghi, Dr.Mahdi Hamidi Shirazi,Abdollah Olfat,Parviz Vakili, etc. Aminollah Rashidi has composed many songs from lyrics of Iranian modern poets such as Mahdi Akhavan Saless, Nader Naderpour, Freydoon Moshiri, Nima yoshij, Manouchehr Atashi, Nosrat Rahmani, et al; from which only one of them, Zemestan(The Winter) with lyrics of Mahdi Akhavan Saless was edited and recorded by Sirous Shahrdar , performed by Mrs.Parvin, and accomplished by the great Iranian radio Orchestra in 1969(1348). It is hoped that the rest of the songs will be performed by Rashidi himself or the other singers. Rashidi's main job was Notary public. He has two children; a daughter (Afsaneh) & a son (Sabah), both have musical talents too. Rashidi is also a writer and a poet. He has compiled some of his song's lyrics by himself; e.g. Darya(The Sea). He also has written a travel book "From Kashan to Canarias" which contains his point of views during his travels from Iran to European countries along with Satire, Criticism, poetry, and Music. This book was published by "Sanaie" Publications. Rashidi's second book "Memoirs & Melodies" is about his 50 years of artistic experiences in Iranian radio station with literary, social and political notes. This book contains the new and Untold subjects about the famous Iranian artists, writers and poets published by "Atai" Publications with 650 pages and 250 pictures in 2002(1381) for the art & literatures enthusiasts. This book starts as an introduction with respect to the world music elite and continues with an autobiography of the author in an innovative, special, satirical and judicial way. It also continues with special reports on emergence of artists and such programs like "Golha"(The Flowers) in two decades of 1950's & 1960's(1330's & 1340's), three so-called artistic coups in Iranian radio, detailed and exciting report on old debate among modern & archaic poetry pretenders, record of the Iranian Press & Journals in 1950's up to 1970's(1330's – 1350's), some notes on Dr.Mohammad Mossadegh ,murder mysteries of Mohammad Masoud (editor of Mard-e-Emrooz newspaper), and other miscellaneous topics which at last it becomes an end with Rashidi's 38 musical notes & lyrics of his own songs in his cassettes. At a glance to the topics of "Memoirs & Melodies", it seems this Kashani artist has a finger more or less in most of usual arts of his own time from which some kinds are reflected in this book. It has to say that publishing of a book in such a form & content particularly by a musician is not only scarce and showing his intensive interest towards Iranian music, literature as well as other arts; but also it is worthy to note because of its method of simplicity, truthfulness, veracity and deidolatry. The book has two other criteria. The first is the author's deep affection to his birth place "Kashan" that he would like to note its proverbs or its artists' reminiscences everywhere in the book; while the second is his own particular inclination towards the famous Iranian authors & researchers such as Professor Fazlollah Reza, Dr.Shafiei Kadkani, Mahdi Akhavan Saless, Najaf Daryabandari, and specifically Dr.Bastani Parizi whose works and opinions are mostly referred by Rashidi in order to verify his own ones. The second volume of "Memoirs & Melodies" (Up To the Endless Boarders) is in publishing process now. It is about 700 pages hopes to be published in near next months.
February 2006
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