Yusef Greiss

Yusef Greiss (Arabic: يوسف جريس; (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.