Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri | |
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 Vaziri in the 1920s | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan |
| Born | 1905 Takestan, Qazvin, Persia |
| Died | 5 August 1959 (aged 53–54) Shemiran, Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1924–1956 |
Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri (Persian: قمرالملوک وزیرى [ɢæmærolmoluːk væziːriː]; (1905 – 5 August 1959), born Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan[citation needed] (Persian: قمر خانم سید حسین خان), commonly known as "Qamar" (Persian: قمر [ɢæmær]), was a celebrated Iranian singer, who was also the first woman of her time to sing in public in Iran without wearing a veil.[1] She is known as "the Queen of Persian music".
Singing with the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano, she was revered for her mastery of the repertoire of Persian vocal music (radif-e âvâz), especially her sensitive rendition of tasnif and tarâna.[2]
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (16 March 2015). "Rocking the casbah: the gig of a lifetime that put Iranian women back on stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Nakjavani, Erik. "QAMAR-AL-MOLUK VAZIRI". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 23 December 2017.