Anis Fuleihan

(April 2, 1900 - October 11, 1970) Fuleihan was a Cypriot-born American composer, conductor and pianist. A native of Kyrenia, Fuleihan belongs to an Arab Christian Lebanese family; he attended the English School in that town before coming to the United States in 1915. He settled in New York City, taking further piano lessons with Alberto Jonas; he also taught himself composition at this time. He became a citizen in 1925. Fuleihan toured the country and the Middle East from 1919 until 1925