Farid Allawerdi

Allawerdi was born in Basra, Iraq in 1923. His father, Issa Nouri Allawerdi was a physician from Kirkuk, and his mother, Victoria Oskanian, an Armenian from a prominent family in Istanbul.{{cite web | url=https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=223504 | title=موسيقى الأحد: فريد الله ويردي وأنشودة المنصورية | date=21 December 2019 }} His early childhood in Basra was enriched by a mosaic of ethnic and religious cultures, both local and foreign. From an early age, Allawerdi was exposed to a wide range of soundscapes; his Mother’s songs in Arabic, Armenian, Turkish and French; the sonorous cries of street vendors; Bedouin beggars chanting to the accompaniment of a Rababah (an Iraqi Bedouin single stringed fiddle); wedding processions with Drum and Zurnah (a double reed wood wind instrument ); children beating rhythmic patterns on the Tablah (large, two-sided drum); a blind Sheik in the Bazaar reciting verses from the Koran; the incomprehensible invocations of an Indian Fakir; a Muezzin’s call to prayer; a Chaldean Priest chanting litanies from the Bible; all these and more fostered a strong impetus to transgress his own ethnic, religious and national boundaries.

His mother, a talented artist, encouraged his artistic development. By the age of five, he was singing, improvising on the mandolin and painting under her guidance and encouragement. This early musical education at home later developed through chanting at Chaldean church services and as a leading member of various school choirs.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:ظهرت موهبته الفنية في سن مبكرة حين كان في الخامسة من العمر

It was only in 1944, and after years of residence in different parts of the country, that the family finally settled in Baghdad where Allawerdi had the opportunity to study music academically with European teachers at the then newly established Fine Arts Institute. He studied Violin with Sandu Albu (a former student of Zoltán Kodály) while at the same time studying Law at the Law College in Baghdad. As a music student he was recognized as very gifted. Professor Sandu Albu considered him “ ... the only talent for composition in Iraq.” Prof. Sandu Albu’s letter of 31 August 1955).{{cite web | url=https://altaakhi.net/2024/01/70856/ | title=فريد الله ويردي .. كفاح وعبقرية وريادة في الموسيقى العالمية | date=7 January 2024 }}https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph: ووجد فريد عندئذ الفرصة لدراسة الموسيقى على أساس اكاديمي تحت اشراف اساتذة اوروبيين في معهد الفنون الجميلة الذي أفتتح لتوه

After graduating from Law College in 1948 he devoted himself completely to music and its development in Iraq.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph: التخرج من كلية الحقوق في عام 1948 كرس فريد نفسه كليا الى الموسيقى وتطويرها في العراق.Adil al Hashimi,فريد الله ويردي :المقام محورا في ندوه الصيغ الموسيقيه في طشقند, al-Jumhūrīyah (الجمهورية) Saturday, 2 June 1990, issue no. 7561

File:1946 - Baghdad - Farid Allawerdi student at the Fine Arts Institute.png

From 1950 to 1952 Allawerdi, was a scholarship student in Paris for his higher theoretical studies under professors Henry Challen and Francis-Paul Demillac ([https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/4416/Enyss-Djemil/ Enyss Djemil]) where he absorbed and used creatively the achievements of the new stylistic trends. He was quickly identified with all that was progressive in the musical world of his time.https://altaakhi.net/2024/01/70856/ Struggle, Genius, And Pioneer In World of Music 2024 January 7th, Paragraph:في فترة 1950-1952 حاز فريد الله ويردي على زمالة للدراسة في باريس في قسم الدراسات النظرية العليا تحت اشراف البروفيسور هنري شالان والبروفيسور فرانسيس- بول ديميلاك.

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File:1954- Baghdad - Fine Arts Institute - Shakir Hassan al-Said, Farid Allawerdi, Vartan Manoogian’s brother and Tariq Mathloom.png, Farid Allawerdi, Vartan Manoogian's brother and Tariq Mathloom]]

File:1954 - Baghdad - Playing chess with Hussein Mordan. Watching the game- Shakir Hassan al-Said & Fadhil Faraj & Abdel Malik Nouri.jpg & Fadil Faraj & [https://www.sauress.com/alhayat/30971141 Abdel Malik Nouri]. This game is taking place in front of Hussein Mordan's book shop.]]

In 1951 he composed his first piece, Rondo for Guitar and Clarinet which was performed the same year in Baghdad.https://altaakhi.net/2024/01/70856/ Struggle, Genius, And Pioneer In World of Music 2024 January 7th, Paragraph:وفي عام 1951 ألف أول مقطوعة له هي روندو للجيتار والكلارنيت التي عزفت في العام نفسه في بغداد

In 1952 he returned to Baghdad, where he taught theory of music and harmony at the Fine Arts Institute.https://iraqiwomensleague.com/news_view_18072.html استذكار صاحب أول نشيد وطني..فريد الله ويردي رائد الموسيقى الكلاسيكية فـي العراق Together with his colleagues he established the Baghdad Philharmonic Society and was a member of a Chamber group composed of Professor Julian Hertz, Piano; Professor Sandu Albu, 1st violin; Vartan Manoogian 2nd violin; Farid Allawerdi, Viola; Professor Andre Theurer, Cello. He continues to perform with the Chamber Group until 1959.https://altaakhi.net/2024/01/70856/ Struggle, Genius, And Pioneer In World of Music 2024 January 7th

File:1953 Baghdad Chamber Music Concert Group.png 2nd violin; Professor Sandu Albu, 1st violin; Farid Allawerdi, Viola; Professor Andre Theurer, Cello.|right]]

File:1953 Farid Allawerdi, Jewad Selim, Vartan Manoogian at the British Cultural Institute.png,{{cite book |last1=Selim |first1=Zainab Jewad|title=Jewad Selim |date=2024 |publisher=SKIRA |isbn=9788857250021}} Vartan Manoogian at the British Cultural Institute|right]]

Upon the popular Iraqi uprising and subsequent revolution in 1958, he composed a Hymn Al-Mansouriya, which he dedicated to the Iraqi people. It was performed in June 1959 by the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra) under Conductor Alexei Kovalev (Алексей Ковалёв). The recording was used extensively by Baghdad Radio and Television after speeches of the leader Abd al-Karim Qasim. The popularity of the Al Mansouriya subsequently led to Allawerdi being condemned to death in absentia and the hymn banned after the 1963 Ba'ath Party coup d'état Ramadan Revolution.[https://elaph.com/Web/ElaphLiterature/2007/2/208995.htm Elaph] LiteratureAlmada Paper https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=223504 issue 4573

File:1953 - Baghdad - Radio and Television Establishment - Meeting with Abdul-Karim Qasim, Atta Sabri, Farid Allawerdi, Khalid Rahal and Ibrahim Jalal.jpg, Mahmoud Sabri, Farid Allawerdi, Khaled Al-Rahal and Ibrahim Jalal]]

In December 1959 he went to Moscow to continue his education at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow Conservatory where he studied composition under professor Evgeny Golubev.

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File:1958 - Paris - Celebrating Iraqi Revolution at the University of Paris with Tariq Azzawi, Fadhil Al-Chalabi, Farid Allawerdi, Shakir Hassan Al-Said and others.png, Tariq Azzawi, Fadhil Al-Chalabi, Farid Allawerdi, Shakir Hassan Al-Said and others]]

He also studied instrumentation with Professor Nikolai Rakov#:, Analysis of musical works with Professor Bobrovsky V.V., Universal piano with Smoliakov B.G., Teaching methods with Fedorov T.N., and Harmony and Polyphony with Alfred Schnittke.Alfred Schnittke by Ivanshkin Alexandre page 65 {{ISBN|9780714831695}}{{cite book |last1=Evashkin |first1=Alexander |title=Alfred Schnittke |date=1996 |publisher=Phaidon Press Limited |location=London N1 9PA |isbn=978-0-7148-3169-5 |pages=86}}

In 1964 he presented his thesis on the Theory of Music for publication at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Discussing his book, the Dean of the Department of Music, Professor Sergei Screbov (Скребков, Сергей Сергеевич) noted that: “For the first time, in Allawerdi’s book, the characteristics of Arabic music, particularly its Rhythmical scale, quarter tone intonations, etc. were given a scientific basis ... therefore we would like to have a full translation of the book in Russian to enable us to use it in our work at the Moscow Conservatory” (Decision:: Department of Theory of Music at Moscow, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, 29 May 1964).https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:في عام 1964 قدم موضوعة كتابه " نظرية الموسيقى"

At the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Allawerdi took part in musical circles with his fellow student composers such as Iosif Andriasov, Dzhivani Mikhailov, Boris Tobis (Тобис, Борис Ильич) and others.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:شارك فريد الله ويردي في كونسرفتوار موسكو بنشاط في الحلقة الموسيقية التي شكلها عدد من الملحنين الطلاب (يوسف اندرياسوف و جيفاني ميخايلوف وبوريس توبيس وغيرهم) بالقيام بتسجيل وجمع النماذج من اجل دراسة وتحليل اعمال الملحنين المعاصرين.

File:1961 - Moscow - Farid Allawerdi's civil ceremony to Mila Tsoy - Witnesses at the ceremony were, on the left is Abdella Haber (journalist and broadcaster) Gaib Tuma Farman (writer).png - Russian Literature translator) [https://iraqpalm.com/en/palm/Ghaib-Toma-Farman Gaib Tuma Farman] (writer)]]

In 1963, after a bloody coup, the Ba’ath Party came to power in Iraq. Allawerdi was condemned to death in absentia due to the popularity of his hymn, Al-Mansouriya, with the previous government. The authorities labelled him a communist for his independent character and radical thoughts. His passport was confiscated and his scholarship was cancelled. As a result, he was forced to join his family in the USA where he continued his studies on his own account under Professor Donald Lybbert of the City University of New York where he graduated with an MA degree in composition. Commenting on his graduation work, Professor Donald Lybbert said: “... in the judgement of the graduate committee of the department, is one of the finest ever to be presented to this committee.” (Letter by Prof Donald Lybbert of September 20, 1968).https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:في عام 1963 وقع الانقلاب العسكري الدموي في العراق وحكم على فريد الله ويردي غيابيا بالاعدام بسبب تأليفه " المنصورية"، التي حظيت بالشعبية في ايام الحكومة السابقة

While in the USA, he was commissioned (1965-1968) to compose for the Annual Festival of American Music in New York. In 1965, he composed the Invention in Triple Counterpoint Pianoforte, in 1966, Sonata for Violin and Piano, in 1967, Fantasy for Violin Alone, and in 1968, Petite Suite for Piano. Upon graduation he found work at the Glassboro State College, now Rowan College of New Jersey.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:وأبان وجود فريد الله ويردي في الولايات المتحدة انتدب (في 1965- 1968) لتأليف المقطوعات من أجل المهرجان السنوي للموسيقى الامريكية في نيويورك.

1965 ابتكار في نغم ثلاثي للبيانو

1966 سوناتا الكمان والبيانو

1967 فانتازيا للكمان

1968 سويتا بيتيت للكمان

When in 1968, the new Iraqi government published a General Amnesty for political exiles, Allawerdi returned to Baghdad in October of that year. There he found a very depressing musical scene. The Symphony Orchestra had been disbanded, and many promising musicians were still in exile abroad. The only opportunity for musicians was teaching at the Fine Arts Institute.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph: وبعد التخرج عمل مدرساً في كلية ستيت جلاسبورو في نيوجيرسي. وفي عام 1968 صدر في العراق عفو عام عن المنفيين السياسيين وتملكت فيردي الله ويردي البهجة والحماس للعودة الى بغداد

File:1956 – Baghdad - Satah Abbas, Ahmed Morsi (Egyptian painter), Abdul Malik Nouri (writer), Fouad al-Tikerly (Judge-writer) and Farid Allawerdi.png (Egyptian painter), [https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=24424 Abdul Malik Nouri (عبدالملك نوري)] (writer), Fouad al-Tikerly (Judge/writer) & Farid Allawerdi]]

File:1957 - Baghdad - Fouad al-Tikerly (Judge-Writer), his daughter Sausanne, Abdul Malik Nouri (writer) and Farid Allawerdi png.png (Judge/Writer), Fouad's daughter, Abdul Malik Nouri (writer) & Farid Allawerdi]]

The coalition government of Democrats, Nationalists, Communists and other parties with the leading Ba’ath Party permitted him to return to his former position as a music teacher at Baghdad College of Fine Arts, but with the same salary of 1959 without any legal entitlements to compensation for his successful studies. He tried to revive the chamber music orchestra but discovered that musicians were dispirited due to years of oppression, and most were out of practice due to their second jobs that had nothing to do with music.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:ووجد لدى عودته الى بغداد في اكتوبر (تشرين الاول) عام 1968 مشهدا محزنا في مجال الموسيقى. فقد حلت الاوركسترا السيمفونية وغادر الكثير من الموسيقيين الواعدين البلاد الى الخارج

He also learned that his Hymn Al-Mansouriyah was still blacklisted despite the General Amnesty, and that the Ba’ath party had made a political issue of his musical compositions. A well known Ba’ath party ideologist approached him with the proposition to write a new National Anthem in exchange for a position as head of a new music department. He declined, saying that as long as Al-Mansouriyah remained blacklisted, he would not write a National Anthem.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:كما علم ان انشودة " المنصورية " ما زالت ممنوعة بالرغم من صدور العفو العام، وأضفى حزب البعثة صبغة سياسية على التأليف الموسيقي.

Allawerdi had this to say: “I returned to Baghdad with a decision not to write, principally, any music that politics could allude to. They kept asking directly and indirectly, and I kept avoiding them by saying that I am not composing anymore. I was sick of their constant pressure and they were fed up with me too.”

He was to remain a target for persecution by the regime until his departure from the country in 1991.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013

Allawerdi remained active in spite of this political pressure. With his background in Law, he was instrumental in establishing an Artist Union in Iraq. His special concern had been the rights of artists, especially folk singers and musicians, who lacked permanent employment and had no security when they lost their ability to perform. He secured their rights to a pension and raised their professional status in Iraqi society for the sheer gratitude of musicians to the powerful men who employ them, had, more than anything else, displayed the marginalized position of Iraqi musicians.

File:1969 - Cairo - 2nd International Congress of Arabic Music, Farid Allawerdi in discussion with poet Ahmed Rami.jpg, Farid Allawerdi in discussion with poet Ahmed Rami]]

In 1969 Allawerdi was invited to deliver a speech, Towards International Arab Music, at the Second International Cairo Congress of Arab Music. He proposed to establish a Traditional Music Centres to record and archive folk and traditional music.Cahiers d’ethnomusicologie. Anciennement Cahiers de musiques traditionnelles.

Questions d’éthique

Édition électronique

URL : http://journals.openedition.org/ethnomusicologie/271

ISSN : 2235-7688

/ref> He expressed the necessity of not only preserving this heritage but also the importance of developing a Modern Arabic Music with the particular identity of each country. He believed that three interrelated factors were crucial for this development: the composer-theoretic; the musicologist-theoretic who analysis Arab music on a scientific basis; and the musician-performer with theoretical knowledge. Thus, concentration on any of them while the other two are neglected would cause imbalance and consequently paralyse the musical art movement as a whole.Altaakhi https://altaakhi.net/2024/01/70856/ by Rawaa Kamal, “Struggle, genius, and pioneer in world musichttps://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia. 05.15.2013 Paragraph:وفي عام 1969 قدم فريد الله ويردي تقريرا في المؤتمر الدولي الثاني للموسيقى العربية المنعقد في القاهرة بعنوان " نحو موسيقى عربية عالمية"

He stressed the importance of the official sponsorship of graduates of musical institutions who should be assigned proper fields of application. Noteworthy in this respect is the establishment of national symphony orchestras.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:ركز فريد الله ويردي الاهتمام على أهمية توفر الدعم الحكومي الرسمي لخريجي المعاهد الموسيقية

File:1970 Warsaw - Symposium of Asian, African and Polish Composers Discussions. Farid Allawerdi first on the left and composer Józef Patkowski in the middle.png in the middle.{{cite book |last1=Pindera |first1=Agneiszka |title=Patkowski, Ambasador muzyki z Marsa |date=2019 |publisher=Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi |location=Warszawa-Łódź |isbn=978-83-63820-94-7 |pages=54 & 57}}{{cite journal |last1=kwartalnik Instytutu Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk |title=Sympozjum Kompozytorów Afryki, Orientu i Polski. |journal=Muzyka |date=1970 |volume=15 |issue=4 (59) |pages=131–132}} ]]

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From 1970 to 1975 Allawerdi was Head of the Traditional Music Centre at the Radio and Television Broadcasting Establishment in Baghdad and for two years (1972-1974) carried out an extensive field survey and recording of Iraqi Traditional and Folk music all over Iraq (Arab, Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkmen, and others) safeguarding this heritage prior to the war against the Kurdish people, the Iran-Iraq war, and the subsequent Gulf wars, which annihilated and uprooted the populations of the rural areas where this ancient heritage had flourished for millennium. The collected material was classified and catalogued for academic and public use. He used these recordings in his public and academic lectures abroad to encourage the process of mutual understanding between people with different cultural backgrounds.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph: في عام 1970 أسس فريد الله ويردي المركز الموسيقي التقليدي العراقي في مؤسسة الاذاعة والتلفزيون

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In 1971 Allawerdi’s Quartet No.1 was first performed in Paris by Quatuor Margand (The Margand String Quartet - Le Quatuor Margand), who added this Quartet to their repertoire of contemporary composers and performed it on their World Tour.{{cite web | url=https://www.watar7.com/Articles_Details.php?ID=58 | title=الموسيقار فريد الله ويردي أسس أول مكتبة موسيقية في العراق }}

In 1972 Allawerdi was a member of the founding committee that established the School of Music and Ballet in Baghdad. He was of the opinion that the school should be the foundation of musical education in Iraq. He proposed to select talented children from all around the country and provide them with tutors, lodgings and stipends to ensure their future by providing them with scholarships to continue their musical education abroad so that Iraq could ensure professionals able to contribute to the musical development in the country and raise the status of musicians in the community. He was unfortunately outvoted. The school enrolled mostly children of the middle classes in Baghdad, who could afford private teachers but who would never allow their children to become professional musicians.https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 Farid Allawerdi...the pioneer of classical music in Mesopotamia 05.15.2013 paragraph:في عام 1972 تأسست مدرسة الموسيقى والباليه في بغداد. وكان فريد الله ويردي عضوا في اللجنة التي ناقشت مستقبل المدرسة وتلامذتها

From 1976 till 1981 he was teaching music appreciation for Drama students at the Academy of Fine Arts,درس بساعتين..هل يكفي! جعفر السعدي Tariq Al Shaab newspaper, Interview with Farid Allawerdi, Wednesday 11.01.1978, issue no. 1298, page 7 University of Baghdad, and laying the foundation for establishing a music department at university level.{{cite web | url=https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 | title=فريد الله ويردي.. رائد الموسيقى الكلاسيكية في وادي الرافدين }}

File:1980s - Basra - Iraq - Shawkat Al-Rubai (Painter), Fartid Allawerdi (Composer), Shakir Hassan al-Said (painter), Dr. Kutaiba Sheikh Nouri (doctor & painter).jpg (painter), Dr. [https://ibrahimicollection.com/node/69 Kutaiba Sheikh Nouri] (doctor & painter)]]

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In 1993 and 1997 Allawerdi’s Quartet No. 1 and Fantasy for Violin Alone were performed in Tokyo, Japan by the Yesuda Quartet.

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In 2002, Allawerdi settled in Ireland. He was a member of the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland (CMC) and participated in its activities. He continued to work on his compositions and carry out research on Music Development in Iraq until his death in 2007.Akhbaar https://akhbaar.org/home/2017/2/224378.htmlAlmustaqel https://almustaqel.net/?p=10395 by Qahtan Jassim JawadAli Abdul Ameer http://www.aliabdulameer.com/inp/view.asp?ID=1121 by Lee Abdul Amir Ajam

In May 2024, Allawerdi's musical archives were donated to The National Museum of Music [https://www.museusemonumentos.pt/en/museus-e-monumentos/national-museum-of-music MUSEUS E MONUMENTOS], which is located in the Palace of Mafra, for preservation and public research. The archives are composed of original scores, composition reels and recordings, Iraqi newspaper and magazine articles relating to music and arts, dating as far back as 1940s, research notes and theses, original concert programs and invitations, letters from international musicians and composers, such as, Bogusław Schaeffer, Witold Roman Lutosławski, Alfred Schnittke, Bella Eolian, Louis Brodowski, Witold Rudzinski, Witold Szalonek, Francis-Paul Demillac (Enyss Djemil), Iosif Andriasov, [https://news.wisc.edu/world-class-uw-violinist-vartan-manoogian-dies/ Vartan Manoogian], Evgeny Glubev, Michèle Margand, [https://aawsat.com/home/article/1186761/%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA?page=8 Naziha Rashid نزيهة رشيد], Sayyar Jamil and many others. The donation also included Allawerdi's viola by Carlo De March (1904-1993), dated 1949.

• Iraqi Artists Union, of which he was a founding member){{Cite web |title=فريد الله ويردي.. رائد الموسيقى الكلاسيكية في وادي الرافدين |url=https://almadasupplements.com/view.php?cat=7532 |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=www.almadasupplements.com}}
• Union of Iraqi Lawyers
• SACEM, Societe Des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs De Musique, France
• SNAC, Syndicat National Des Autuers et Des Compositeurs De Musique, France
• CMC, Contemporary Music Centre, IrelandDwyer, Benjamin (2014). Different voices: Irish Music and Music in Ireland. Hofheim: Wolke Verlag. {{ISBN|978-3-95593-060-8}}

• Romance for Soprano/Tenor (Poetry by Wahab Al-Bayati/Selwa Shamelian), 1973
• Song for Soprano, (Poetry by Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati) 1973
• Song (Poetry by Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati), 1973
• String Quartet No. 1, 1968
• Petite Suite, Piano, 1966
• Fantasy for Violin alone, 1965
• Choral prelude, 1965
• Sonata for Violin, 1965
• Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1963
• Piece for String Quartet/Allegro non Tropo, 1962
• Piece for Quartet/Allegro Malto , 1962
• In Memory of Jawad Selim/6 January 1961,1961
• Hymn Symphonique, 1959
• Al-Mansouriyah, 1959

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• Marsh, 1957
• Andante con Eleganza for piano, 1954
• Siciliano for String Orchestra,1953
• Rondo for Clarinet and Guitar, 1951
• Alterne/Instrumental Piece, 1953
• Allegretto, Violin, 1953

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File:3 Audio Track - Quartet No.1 Morgand Paris 1970.ogg - Paris 1970]]

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File:6 Audio Track - Fantasy for Violin V.Manoogian NY 1967.ogg - New York 1967]]

File:4 Audio Track - Quartet No.1 Morgand Paris 1986.ogg in Paris 1986]]

File:2 Audio Track - Quartet No.1 Yasuda Ken Ishiro Tokyo.ogg

File:1 Audio Track - Fantasy for Violin Japan 1992.ogg

• Folk Vocal Traditional Music of Iraq
• Trends in the Secular Music Culture of Iraq today: A preliminary survey
• La melodie l’accent (in French)
• Towards International Arabic Music/IMC Conference on Arabic Music, Cairo, 1969 - in Arabic and English
• Development of Arabic music, 1962 - in Russian
• Eclectism in the Symphony No 2 for String Orchestra and Trumpet (ad libitum) of A. Honegger with brief formal analysis of the Symphony
• The Dramatism and Stylistic Features of the Liturgical Sequence
• The Stylistic difference between G. Machaut’s Ballade: Je puis trop bien and G. Binchol’s Chanson: De plus en plus
• The Stylistic features of the Free Counterpoint of the late Baroque Polyphonic Themes
• The Stylistic features of the Songs of Hugo Wolf
• The treatment of the Chorale melody in the Buxtehude’s and Bach’s organ Work
• Critical Analysis of “At du Old Trysting-Place” by Edward MacDavell, op 51

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• [https://www.cmc.ie/composers/farid-allawerdi The Contemporary Music Centre Ireland]
• [https://www.arabmusicacademy.org/ Arab Music Academy]
• Vartan Manoogian
• [https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/4416/Enyss-Djemil/ Enyss Djemil (Francis-Paul Demillac)]
• [https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9%20%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2 Алексей Ковалёв, Soviet conductor 1950-60s. Can be spelled Alexei Kovalyov or Aleksei Kovalyoff]
• Sergei Sergeevich Skrebkov (Скребков, Сергей Сергеевич)
• Donald Lybbert (1923-1981) was an American composer and music Educator.
• Quatuor Margand
• [https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Ken-Ichiro%20Yasuda%20Quartet%20Yesuda Yasuda Quartet]
• [https://insonewsletter.blogspot.com/2007/04/farid-allahwerdi-profile.html Farid Allawerdi awards and honours list]

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