Mohamed Iguerbouchène

Mohamed Iguerbouchène; (; 13 November 1907 – 23 August 1966) was an Algerian composer. Early life Mohamed Iguerbouchène was the eldest of eleven children born to Saïd Ben Ali and Sik Fatma Bent Areski. He attended an English primary school in Algiers. It was there that he was spotted by Bernard Fraser Ross (born Bernard Fraser), a homosexual Scottish bachelor and wealthy heir who spent his winters in Algiers. Fraser Ross had previously served eight years in prison as a procurer for Lord Battersea and other aristocrats. Ross convinced Iguerbouchène’s parents to let him take the boy to England to pursue a career in music. Training Due to Fraser Ross’s reputation, Iguerbouchène was likely privately educated. He later lied about his early years: claims that he studied at a Norton College, the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, or even one of the predecessors of the Royal Northern College of Music, and under Robert Fischhof and Alfred Grünfeld have proven to be false. However, he was certainly a musical prodigy. Early works included Kabylia Rapsodie n. 9 and Arabic rapsodie n. 7. Inheritance and marriage Following Fraser Ross’s death in 1929, Iguerbouchène inherited all