Hormoz Farhat
Hormoz Farhat | |
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Imperial State of Persia (now Iran) | |
Died | 16 August 2021 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 93)
Spouse | Maria Baghramian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Persian traditional music |
Institutions | |
Notable works | List of compositions The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music (1990) List of publications |
Hormoz Farhat (
Life and career
Hormoz Farhat was born on 9 August 1928, in
Farhat later moved to the United States and received a
In 1959, Farhat founded the Music of Persia Performance Group at UCLA.[9] During his years in California Farhat worked first as an assistant professor of music at California State University, Long Beach (1961–64) and then as associate professor of music at University of California, Los Angeles (1964–69).
On returning to Iran
Farhat moved to
Farhat died in Dublin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin), Ireland, aged 93. In December 2021 the University College Cork and the University of Tehran jointly organised a virtual memorial for Prof. Farhat.[15]
Music
Overview
His compositions have been performed widely by, among many others, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and English Chamber Orchestra[16] and most recently by the pianist Soheil Nasseri in Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in New York[17] as well as in the Strathmore Music Center.[18]
Selected recordings
- String Quartets, Nos. 1, 2 & 3: St Petersburg String Quartet & Arvand String Quartet (Ravi-Azar-Kimia Institute, 2007).
- Persian Autumn (piano work): Mary Dullea, piano (Divine Arts, 2020).
Selected compositions
Orchestral works
- Sinfonia Concertante, for seven solo instruments, soprano and orchestra
- Mazandarani Rhapsody, for orchestra
- Theme and Variations
- Sinfonietta
- Three Songs of Sa'di, for soprano and orchestra
- Fantasy and Fugue, for string orchestra
- Concerto Grosso, for piano and string orchestra
- Flute Concerto
- Clarinet Concerto
- Sougue, elegy for orchestra
- Nouveau rivage and La Nuit éternelle, two orchestral pieces after the poem "Le Lac" of Alphonse de Lamartine.[19]
Chamber music
- 6 string quartets
- 3 wind trios
- Duo for Violin and Viola
- Divertimento for Saxophone Quartet (published, Chicago: Leblanc Music Publishers, 1966)
- Piano Quintet
- Partita for Wind Quintet
Piano music
- Theme and Variations
- Persian Suite (4 pieces)
- 2 Sonatas[20]
- Four Suites
- Four Concert Études
- 24 Essays
- Five Bagatelles
Vocal music
- Two Songs on Poems by Sa'di, for soprano, violin and harp (1957)
- Be Yad-e Neyshapur [In Memory of Neyshapur]; a "chain" of seven songs on Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1959)
- Three Persian Songs, for soprano, flute, cello and piano (1962)
- several pieces for a cappella choir
Motion picture scores Scores for feature films by prominent Iranian film directors
Selected publications
Books:
- The Traditional Art Music of Iran (Tehran: Ministry of Culture and Arts Press, 1973).
- Farhat, Hormoz (2004) [1990]. The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music. Cambridge: ISBN 978-0-521-54206-7.
- Present Past: Notes from the Life of a Persian/American Composer in Ireland. Ibex Publishers, Bethesda, 2018.
- Rhapsody Mazandarani for Orchestra (Amsterdam: Persian Dutch Network, 2020).[22]
Persian Translations:
- Counterpoint by Kent Kennan (Tehran: University of Tehran Press, 1974).
- Dastgah dar Musiqi-ye Irani (a Persian translation by Mehdi Pur-Mohammad of "The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music") (Tehran: Part Press, 2002).
Articles
- "Old and New Values in Changing Cultural Patterns", in Iran: Past, Present and Future (Aspen Institute, 1976).[23]
- 64 articles in the Persian encyclopaedia Daerattomaaref (Tehran: -e Farsi, 1976).
- The article on Iran in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: MacMillan, 1980).
- "Scales and Intervals: Theory and Practice", in Irish Musical Studies, ed. Gerard Gillen and Harry White (Blackrock County Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1990).
- Ten articles in Encyclopaedia Iranica, ed. E. Yarshater.
- "Western Influences on Persian Music", in Muzikolski Zbornik (Musicological Annual) XVII (Ljubljana, 1991).
- "The Evolution of Style and Content in Performance Practices of Persian Traditional Music", in: Muzikoloski Zbornik (Musicological Annual) XXXIII (Ljubljana, 1997).[24]
- Farhat, Hormoz (1 January 1998). "Music". JSTOR 4311189.
- 7 articles in the second edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: MacMillan, 2001).
- ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- Farhat, Hormoz (2012). "An Introduction to Persian Music" (PDF). Catalogue of the Festival of Oriental Music. Durham: University of Durham.
References
Citations
- ISBN 9781588141415.
- ^ "Former Trinity Chair of Music, Composer Hormoz Farhat, honoured in homeland Iran". Trinity College Dublin. 9 May 2018.
- ^ Kayhan Life Staff (25 August 2021). "Remembering Hormoz Farhat, Celebrated Iranian Composer and Musician". KayhanLife. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Hormoz Farhat obituary: Gifted composer and much-loved teacher at TCD". The Irish Times. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ De Bréadún, Deaglán (29 August 2021). "Obituary: Hormoz Farhat, professor of music at Trinity College and a renowned composer and author". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Composer Hormoz Farhat honored in homeland Iran". Tehran Times. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b Farhat 2004, p. ix.
- ^ "Hormoz Farhat". Contemporary Music Centre. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Highlights from the Ethnomusicology Archive: Music of Persia ensemble". UCLA. 12 May 2014.
- ^ Persian, B. B. C. (11 October 2010). "به عبارت دیگر: گفتگو با هرمز فرهت".
- ^ "BBCPersian.com". www.bbc.com.
- ^ Obituary, Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin, Ireland, 17 August 2021; retrieved 18 August 2021.
- doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2082335. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "A Tribute to the Late Professor Hormoz Farhat". UCC. 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Persepholis: Discovering the Music of Iran @www.classicalsource.com".
- ^ "Speed and Mideast Echoes Add to a Pianist's Palette". The New York Times. 8 September 2011.
- ^ "Pianist Soheil Nasseri, brooding over Beethoven at Music Center at Strathmore". washingtonpost.com. 8 June 2010.
- ^ "BBC – (none) – Performance on 3 – BBC Symphony Orchestra". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Dublin, Trinity College. "Music Composition Centre : Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland".
- ^ "Cinema Celebrities (English)".
- ^ ""Rhapsody Mazandarani" for Orchestra: New Publication from Persian Dutch Network". PDN. 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Search Results - "Iran: past, present and future"".
- OCLC 444316548.
Sources
- JSTOR 932755.
Further reading
- Caton, Margaret (Spring–Summer 1992). "Reviewed Work: The Dastgāh Concept in Persian Music by Hormoz Farhat". JSTOR 834179.
External links
- String Quartet No. 2 by Hormoz Farhat
- An Interview with Hormoz Farhat (Video: BBC Persian TV)
- A Tribute to Hormoz Farhat (Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin, Ireland)
- Hormoz Farhat discography at Discogs