Symphonic Works and Chamber Music composed by Hidayat Inayat‐Khan A documentation containing: Biography of the Composer Presentation of the Works Dates of Performances Recordings available Petama Project 2008 – www.petama.ch Analytic information about the various compositions, GEMA registration data and performance dates Scores and parts edited and published by: Petama Project – www.petama.ch Puran Füchslin, Kanzleistrasse 151 CH‐8004 Zürich/Switzerland Phone +41 44 241 28 47 Email: [email protected] ‐ 2 ‐ Symphonic Works and various chamber music composed by Hidayat Inayat‐Khan u Contents: International Who’s Who in Music ............................................................................................ 4 The International Register of Profiles ........................................................................................ 5 Autobiographical sketch............................................................................................................. 7 Raga............................................................................................................................................ 8 P O È M E E N F A (Opus 5).................................................................................................... 9 S U I T E S Y M P H O N I Q U E L A M O N O T O N I A (Opus 7) ......................................... 11 L A M O N O T O N I A P O U R O R C H E S T R E À C O R D E S........................................ 13 B A L L E T R I T U E L (Opus 17)............................................................................................. 14 G A N D H I S Y M P H O N Y (Opus 25) ................................................................................. 16 Z I K A R S Y M P H O N Y (Opus 26) ...................................................................................... 18 M E S S A G E S Y M P H O N Y (Opus 30) .............................................................................. 19 Musical Analysis of the Message Symphony............................................................................ 20 A W A K E F O R M O R N I N G.............................................................................................. 22 V I R G I N I A S Y M P H O N I C P O E M (Opus 44) ............................................................. 23 Q U A R T E T (Opus 45) .......................................................................................................... 24 C O N C E R T O F O R S T R I N G O R C H E S T R A (Opus 48)........................................... 25 N O U S V O U S I N V I T O N S À L A P R I È R E (Opus 53) ............................................. 26 R O Y A L L E G E N D S Y M P H O N I C P O E M (Opus 46) .............................................. 28 Public Performances of Hidayat I. Khan's music ...................................................................... 29 Orchestra music ....................................................................................................................... 42 Ensemble à cordes ................................................................................................................... 43 Harmonie militaire ................................................................................................................... 43 Orgue........................................................................................................................................ 43 Hautbois ou Flûte ..................................................................................................................... 43 Blocflûte ................................................................................................................................... 43 Piano......................................................................................................................................... 43 Soprano .................................................................................................................................... 44 Choirs........................................................................................................................................ 44 Various arrangements.............................................................................................................. 44 Various Chamber Music of Hidayat Inayat‐Khan ..................................................................... 45 Message from the Heart .......................................................................................................... 46 More recordings of the compositions...................................................................................... 48 ‐ 3 ‐ International Who’s Who in Music and Musicians’ Directory, 7th Edition 1975 KHAN, Hidayat I, born 6 Aug 1917, London UK, Composer. Educ: École Normale de Musique de Paris. License d‘Enseigenement m.w. children. Debut as comp. on Dutch radio. Career: Concert organized by UNESCO in Holland in 1969, 1st perf. of Gandhi Symph., Radioperfs. in Paris, Belgium, W.Germany, Holland, Madrid, Helsinki, Dublin, Prague, Rome, L.A., Va + Seattle. Compositions: Gandhi Symph.; Zikar Symph.; La Monotonia, Suite Symphonique, Message Symph.. Va Symphonic Poem, Ballet Rituel; Poème en Fa, Quartet opus 45. Royal Legend Symph., Concerto for Str. Orch. Opus 48, sev. Choir comps. Mbr of Gema W. Germany. Hobby: Composition. Mgmt: Annie Bank, 13 Anna Vondelstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Address: Postfach 70 09 22 8 Munich 70, German Fed. Repub. u ‐ 4 ‐ The International Register of Profiles International Biographical Centre, Cambridge CB2 3QP, England June 1981 Hidayat Inayat‐Khan’s great‐grandfather, Maula Bakhsh, founded the first Academy of Music in India in the last century, and also invented the music notation system carrying his name. From his union with the Princess of Mysor (Dynasty of Tipu Sultan), a royal daughter called Khatidja became the mother of Professor Inayat Khan of Baroda, born in 1882. Professor Inayat Khan, father of Hidayat Inayat‐Khan, was the greatest musician in India in his time, and was ennobled by the Nizam of Hyderabad with the special title ‘Tansen’, the highest distinction in music ever granted by that holy king. He also wrote several books, among which ‘Minca‐I‐Musicar’, the first treatise on Indian music, and he was the first Indian musician to introduce Indian music in the West. His first historical concert was given on 9 April 1911, in the Hindu Temple of San Francisco. Later, in Russia, he met Scriabine, whose compositions were influenced by the contact with Indian Ragas. In 1913 Lucien Guitry organized Professor Inayat Khan’s first concert in Paris, where Claude Debussy was also inspired by the charm of Indian music. Professor Inayat Khan gave Claude Debussy lessons in Vina playing. Hidayat Inayat‐Khan was born in London on 6th August 1917, and was cradled in an atmosphere of Indian music. His western musical education began in 1932 at the École Normale de Musice de Paris, in the violin class of Bernard Sinsheimer, the composition class of Nadia Boulanger and the orchestra class of Diran Alexanian. Later he attended chamber music courses given by the Lener Quartet in Budapest. In 1942 Hidayat Inayat‐Khan became Professor of music at the Lycée Musical de Dieulefit, France, and later, in Holland, joined the orchestra of Haarlem as violinist. He followed the courses of orchestra conducting by Toon Verhey. In 1952 Hidayat Inayat‐Khan conducted the orchestra of ‘s Hertogenbosch for the broadcasting of his ‘Poème en Fa’ for orchestra and piano, in a world‐wide program, and, in the same year, founded his first chamber music orchestra ensemble. Significant occasions in Hidayat Inayat‐Khan’s professional life include the playing, on 4th May 1957, of his Zikar Symphony at Salle Pleyel, Paris, conducted by George Prêtre, in a Pasdeloup ‐ 5 ‐ concert. On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s centenary, on 21st November 1969, Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Gandhi Symphony was played in a special concert organized by UNESCO in Holland. This was also played in 1971 during a broadcasting of ‘The voice of America’, as well as on the United Nations Radio in the USA and was later recorded by the US Armed Forces Radio Stations in a world‐wide Carmen Dragon show. On 15th October 1971 the ‘Virginia Symphonic Poem’ was played in honor of the Bicentennial of America. On Bavarian Radio ‘La Monotonia’ was played in a Composer’s Portrait in 1972 and ‘The Message Symphony’ was played in 1977. Hidayat Inayat‐Khan’s researches in music could be described as a cross‐point between Eastern monophony and western polyphony, respecting Western harmonic structures while also expressing the enhancing flavor of eastern Ragas. u ‐ 6 ‐ Autobiographical sketch by Hidayat Inayat‐Khan In one way one doesn’t like to talk about oneself, but on the other hand, there are certain points of history which are of some importance. so perhaps it is better to make them clear. I happen to be the first Indian to have ever composed for Western orchestra, using Western orchestration, and whose works have been performed by major orchestras in Europe. My Father, Hazrat Inayat Khan, was the founder of the International Sufi Movement. He was also the first Indian musician to come to the West, prior to the Great War of 1914. In his early days, my Father was the most famous singer, veena player and composer in India, highly respected and honored by musicians and Maharajas. In 1910, he was invited to give the first concert of Indian music in America, at