● Birthplace: Kerman
● Died: 12 November 1965 in Salzburg – Austria
Biography
He was a master of Iranian music, a violinist and the composer of the hymn “O Iran”. The late Khaleghi was one of the main students of Ali-Naqi Vaziri, and his effort to revive Iranian music in an era when official attention to this music had decreased is considered influential and important. He has written a book on the history of Iranian music about the history of Iranian music, musicians and musicians of all ages, and a book entitled: A Theory of Music, which includes a theory for Iranian and Western music. He was born in Mahan, Kerman. His father: Mirza Abdullah Khan Manshi and his mother: They were creatures of women who lived in the garden of Prince Mahan Kerman, which was a government building. And they were both spinning. In a few months, he moved to Tehran with his family. He completed his primary education in Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan. In Tehran, he went to an American school. There he sings with other students. He had never studied music before emigrating to Tehran. Interest in and attention to music was common in Khaleghi’s family; Both parents did not play the strings, and the father has been a student of the masters of this instrument for some time. His family also met and got acquainted with Mirza Gholamreza Shirazi, a tar player, and his children called him uncle. After his father moved to Shiraz in 1916, he went to this city with his family in September 1297. There, he used the teachings of Mirza Nasir Forsat in the field of prose and painting. He also started learning music with his aunt’s husband, Mirza Rahim, and learned the violin from his for more than a year. In 1923, he went to music high school, where he began learning music and playing the violin under the tutelage of Alinaghi Vaziri. In 1924, despite his father’s opposition, he decided to go to music school alone. Despite his interest in music, his father was opposed to learning music, so he went to music school secretly for a while. It seems that in this case, Vaziri and Yahya Dolatabadi have mediated with his father, which has been ineffective. Eventually, he learns from his father that he has no intention of becoming a musician. In the summer of 1925, four concerts led by Vaziri were performed at the school, in which Khaleghi also performed as a musician. In the last two years of his studies, the municipality of Tehran established the Baladieh Cafe, which required a group of Iranian orchestras. It was suggested that the creator form this group, and he did so.
Master Khaleghi began teaching music at the Sports School in 1913. After graduating, he went to the Higher Conservatory of Music and taught there. In 1931, he graduated from the Academy of Arts and entered the Teachers’ College. In June 1934, the Teachers’ College was renamed the University. Khaleghi received his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and literature from the university. In 1935, he entered the government service in the Ministry of Culture, and in 1938, he became the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture. In 1941, at the suggestion of Vaziri, he became the deputy director of the country’s music department and also the deputy director of the Higher Conservatory of Music. In 1946, he worked for a while in the Ministry of Labor and Advertising, and in 1948, he was in charge of the Secretariat of Fine Arts. In 1949, he established the National Conservatory of Music and became its director. In 1955, he traveled to this country within the framework of the programs of the Iranian-Soviet Association. Also in 1956, he made trips to Romania, France and India. His achievement from his trip to India was a collection of articles on music and dance in India.
He worked at a time when Western music was prevalent in Iran, and many considered Iranian music unscientific and its teaching useless. Even at one time, Iranian music was not taught at the Higher Conservatory of Music, and many who played traditional instruments turned to European instruments during this period or left the Conservatory of Music. During this period, Khaleghi and his beloved master Alinaghi Vaziri made many efforts to preserve Iranian music. Jafarzadeh criticizes the book: A Theory of Music as an attempt to scientifically justify Iranian music with the theory of Western music and change the anti-Iranian atmosphere of that time, which has not been in vain and has ultimately led to the establishment of the National Conservatory of Music.
Master Ruhollah Khaleghi has also worked for Radio Iran for many years, and was one of the chairmen of the Radio Music Council, and he hosted radio programs: Remembrance of the Dead Artists and Settlement. He was also the conductor of the Golha Orchestra. One of the songs created by Khaleghi, which was very popular during this period and was widely broadcast on the radio; Colorful number one was in the Isfahan machine. In 1959, he retired at the request of the General Directorate of Fine Arts, but continued his artistic activities. One of the most well-known compositions of the creator is the Iranian anthem, which is referred to as the unofficial national anthem. In addition, Khaleghi was a master author, with more than 14 books in his portfolio, as well as journalism and editing several music and cultural publications. The most important book of Khaleghi is the history of Iranian music, which is one of the most important sources about the history of Iranian music.
After Khaleghi’s death, the third volume was added to the book of Iranian music history based on his articles in magazines. This work was compiled on the recommendation of his daughter Golnoosh Khaleghi and Ali Tajvidi, who along with two other volumes in a book by Mahur Publications The music market was launched. An Iranian book written by Golnoush Khaleghi (a collection of writings and travelogues by Ruhollah Khaleghi) and the story of Ruhollah Khaleghi, written by Seyyed Abolhassan Mokhtabad, are other works dedicated to the life of this famous researcher and musician.
In addition to composing, Khaleghi has arranged and performed many of Sheida and Aref Qazvini’s old compositions for the orchestra. He has performed and led a number of songs by Alinaghi Vaziri, such as: Complaint, Reed, Your Buyer, Nostalgia, and Caravan with Orchestra. Silent ballad is the last work of the creator. The song was composed by Mahour and the Golha Orchestra performed it under the direction of Khaleghi and accompanied by Javad Maroufi’s piano with the number of colorful Golha 237.
Ruhollah Khaleghi Art Center
– Golnosh Khaleghi, the daughter of Ruhollah Khaleghi, in the American Virginia, is a nonprofit art centre named: Ruhollah Khaleghi’s Art center has launched. The main objective of this center is to collect, maintain, and identify the works of Ruhollah Khaleghi.
– Surviving Ruhollah Khaleghi, in 1965 in Salzburg in Austria, after a few unsuccessful surgeries, the stomach cancer died. His body was buried in the Zahir-od-Dowleh Cemetery in Tehran. The three children of Khaleqi Golnosh, Farhad and Farokh are called.
Works
Parts
– Colorful 1 in Isfahan, colorful 2 in Dastgah e Mahour, Mahoor songs (based on Ghazal “I’m going to be…” From Hafez), you can be pure (according to Ghazal “last night to flood tears…” From Hafez), OH Dawn (based on the lyrical of a bastami), the smell of atmospheric mulian (colorful flowers No. 254), Jam, the Night of Hijran, now why (according to lyrical from Shahriar).
Ballad
– The sweetheart, the lovers of the Breakers, the promise of a man-in-the-art, a bloody, a Nowrouz, a spring lover, a fiery, silent, life expectancy, a youth night, and night of Hijran.
– Life expectancy parts, youth night and Night of Hijran are works of the Khaleghi that have been used in the movie Storm of Life.
Anthem
– Remember Saadi, knowledge, joy, art, Hope, Azerbaijan (poetry of Rahi moayeri), Isfahan, Iran and the oil of his works. The oil anthem has been in 1952 for the national oil industry and its poetry is from Moayeri. “Iran” has become a national and unofficial anthem of Iranians.
Books
– Comment to music at 1937 and 1938
– Harmony Book at 1941
– The story of Iranian Music: Vol. 1 This book was published in 1954, vol. 2 in 1956 and Vol. 3 after the death of Khaleghi by Sasan Sepanta, cultural and Art Institute of Mahoor in 1998, 2001 and 2011.
– Violin Book
– Tar and Setar
– Khaleqi also published The Harp Magazine, which was published in a total of four numbers. He also wrote articles in Iranian and music magazines.
