Gabriel Asaad (Syriac: ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܐܣܥܕ) (March 18, 1907, Midyat – July 6, 1997 Stockholm) was an Assyrian composer and musician. Among the classical songs of Gabriel Asaad there are "Ho Donho Shemsho" (ܗܐ ܕܢܚܐ ܫܡܫܐ The sun is shining), "Motho Rhimto" (ܡܬܐ ܪܚܝܡܬܐ Beloved nation) and "Moth Beth-Nahrin" (ܡܬܝ ܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ Mesopotamia my nation). Gabriel Asaad was the pioneer of Assyrian music and composed the first Assyrian song in the Turoyo language in modern time, "Othuroye Ho Mtoth Elfan l-Metba‘" (1926, ܐܬܘܪܝܶܐ ܗܐ ܡܛܬ ܐܠܦܢ ܠܡܛܒܥ Assyrians, Our ship is on the way to sink).
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