Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri
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Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri (Persian: قمرالملوک وزیرى [ɢæmærolmoluːk væziːriː]; (1905 – 5 August 1959), born Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan[citation needed] (Persian: قمر خانم سید حسین خان), commonly known as "Qamar" (Persian: قمر [ɢæmær]), was a celebrated Iranian singer, who was also the first woman of her time to sing in public in Iran without wearing a veil.[1] She is known as "the Queen of Persian music".
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Birth name | Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan |
Born | 1905 Takestan, Qazvin, Persia |
Died | 5 August 1959(1959-08-05) (aged 53–54) Shemiran, Tehran, Iran |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1924–1956 |
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Singing with the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano, she was revered for her mastery of the repertoire of Persian vocal music (radif-e âvâz), especially her sensitive rendition of tasnif and tarâna.[2]