Yossef 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 Sphinx and Violin, 1947 Daughter of Pyramids, 1961

Third: Violin and piano compositions

We Dance, 1928 Forest, 1929 On Bank of the Nile, 1931 The Carrier of Water, 1931 Greetings to Vienna, 1931 Dance of Palm Trees, 1932 In the Desert, 1932 Murrmering Scarabee, 1944 Romance, 1945 The Nile Sings, 1950

Fourth: Solo flute compositions

Echo of the Desert, 1944 Echo of the Valley, 1944 Echo of the Nile, 1944

Fifth : Solo cello compositions

The Man Peasant, 1922

Sixth : Cello and piano compositions

The Woman Peasant, 1923

Seventh : Lyrical compositions with piano

Song of the Valley, 1943. Boat of Fate, 1944 Dance of the Nile, 1944 Song of the Shepherd, 1944 The Nile's Song and Call, 1944 Dance of the Village, 1944

Eighth : Orchestral compositions

Egypt, Symphony, 1932 The Carrier of Water, 1932 Toward Desert Monastery, Symphony, 1934 The Nile and Rose, Symphony, 1943 Pharos’ Pyramids, Symphony, 1960

All of his composition have been published digitally by Haig Avakian.

On the Day of Art in 1981, the state honored and listed him in the Record of Immortals in the Arts Academy.