music Theme and Variations Persian Suite (4 pieces) 2 Sonatas 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 Dariush Mehrjui: Gaav (The Cow, 1969), Postchi (Postman), and Aagha-ye Haaloo (Mr. Naive, 1970); and Nasser Taghvai: Aaraamesh dar hozoor-e digaraan (Tranquility in the Presence of Others, 1972); and Saadegh Kordeh (Sadeq the Kurdish, 1973). In 1970, Farhat was awarded The Golden Plaque for Best Music for the score of Mehrjui's internationally acclaimed film Gaav. Selected publications Books: The Traditional Art Music of Iran (Tehran: Ministry of Culture and Arts Press, 1973). 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). 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). 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 Co. 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). 7 articles in the second edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: MacMillan, 2001). References Citations Sources Further reading 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) 1928 births 2021 deaths 20th-century classical composers Academics of Queen's University Belfast California State University, Long Beach faculty Ethnomusicologists Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Iranian composers Iranian emigrants to Ireland