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Composers

The architects of form — composers who distilled tradition into works that outlived their era and still resonate centuries on.

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Persian Classical

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Safi al-Din al-Urmawi

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13th century1216 – 1294Persian Classical

Persian · Urmia, Iran

13th-century Persian music theorist who systematised the Arabic-Persian maqam system; his Kitab al-Adwar established the theoretical framework for Islamic art music that persisted for centuries.

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Sunjata Keita

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13th century1217 – 1255

Malian · Niani, Mali Empire

13th-century founder of the Mali Empire, celebrated in the Griot oral tradition as a heroic king whose life story — the Sundiata Epic — is sung in praise across West Africa to this day.

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