Hundreds of people in Lebanon have paid tribute to iconic composer, pianist and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who died over the weekend.

Legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz attended the funeral of her son, renowned composer and playwright, Ziad Rahbani, at a church in a town north of Beirut, in her first public appearance in years.

A son of Lebanese musical icons, Mr. Rahbani became one himself, with satirical critiques of his country’s dysfunction that melded Arab and Western music.