Yusef Greiss

Yusef Greiss (; (December 13, 1899 – April 7, 1961) was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation’s first generation of such composers. Greiss was of Coptic heritage. He composed orchestral works and chamber music. His patriotic work for orchestra entitled Masr (1932) is considered the first orchestral piece composed by an Egyptian. As of 2008, the Egyptian musicologist Haig Avakian is editing and preparing Greiss’s complete works for publication. Performance Solo violin and piano compositions are major parts in Greise’s compositions. He wrote 23 solo piano compositions, 14 solo violin three solo flute, six lyrical compositions with piano, and 10 orchestra compositions. Works First: Solo piano compositions * The Sudanese, 1932 * Nile Boatman, 1932 * La Galerien, 1932 * Good Luck, 1932 * A Boat Burns, 1932 * How Are You, 1932 * Truth, 1932 * Little Palestinian, 1932 * Happiness, 1932 * A Night in the Boat, 1945 Second: Solo violin compositions * The Bedouin No. 1931 of 1932 * The Egyptian Village, No. 22 of 1932 * Dance of the Palm Valley * Souvenir, No. 25 of 1932. * Son of the Valley, 1943 * Bedouin Singing, 1944 * Company of the Nile, 1944 * Desert Songs, 1944