Hormoz Farhat
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Present Past
- The dastgah concept in Persian music
- The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music (Cambridge Studies in Ethnomusicology)
- The dastgāh concept in Persian music
- The traditional art music of Iran
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Iran
- Active from
- 1947-03-28
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 89
- Total plays
- 264
Tags
Iranian classical composermodern classicalcontemporary classicalClassicalClassical Modern
Hormoz Farhat was born in Iran. He studied music at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Mills College, California, graduating with the degrees of BA in music, MA in composition and PhD in composition and ethnomusicology. His composition teachers included Darius Milhaud, Lukas Foss and Roy Harris. After holding a number of academic music posts in the USA and Iran, he took up the post of professor of music at Trinity College Dublin in 1982 until his retirement in 1995. <a href="h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Educated at
- Mills College at Northeastern University
- Employer
- Queen's University Belfast
- Image
- Hormoz farhat.jpg
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- cause of death
- pneumonia
- date of birth
- 1930-00-00
- date of death
- 2021-08-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
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