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Reza-Gholi Mirza-Zelli famous as Zelli was born 1906.
Zelli is in any case one of the most skillful and concentrated singers in the history of Persian music. He studied Persian vocal music under the training of Abolhassan Eghbal and Aref Ghazvini, who is beside Sheyda one of the greatest Songwriter (tasnif composers) of Persian music.
Zelli made some records through Columbia with the legendary Setar and violin player Ostad Saba and Moshir-Homayun Shahrdar.
We don’t know exactly how many records from Zelli is documented and maintained but at least 9 of them are most known.
Zelli with Moshir-Homayun on piano, 6 pieces different modes
Zelli with Ostad Saba on violin, mode Segah
Zelli with Setar of [unknown], mode Shure
Zelli with Saba
Zelli sang some operettas, which was written by Hosseyn Ostovar.
Zelli had played a very famous concert with Ostad Ali-Akbar Shahnazi in Grand Hotel in Tehran.
Zelli passed away 1945 all of a sudden at the age of 38.
Source:
1. History of Persian music by Ruhollah Khaleghi, 5th Edition, published by Safi-Ali Shah in Tehran
2. Audio Sample from the sound library of the author (Pooyan Nassehpoor)
3. Written and Recapitulate Translation from Persian to English by Pooyan Nassehpoor, 30. August 2007, Halle/Germany
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