Yusef Greiss (; (December 13, 1899 in Cairo, Egypt – April 7, 1961 in Venice, Italy) 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. His 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. See also List of Egyptian composers References External links Yusef Greiss page Egyptian composers 20th-century classical composers 1899 births 1961 deaths