محمد عبدالوهاب عبدالفتاح

Selected Compositions

Cairo

1. "Egyptian Song": Piece for flute and piano, 1983, (Score).
2. "Childhood Memories": Suite in 5 movements for piano, 1983, (Score).
3. “ Mawwal Bashandy": Piece for viola and piano, inspirited from vocal “improvisations mawwal", an Oasis typical in Siwa-Desert, 1984.
4. "Dance from Valley": Piece for Bb clarinet and piano, 1984.
5. "Polka Schehata": New dealing for a polka from Arabic heritage, composed especially for Elnour wel Amal- "Blind Girls Orchestra", 1984.
6. " 6. Image from Countryside": Trio for flute, vibraphone and Egyptian tambourine, 1985
7. "The Three Gooses": Ballet Song for children choir, 1985
8. "Anshedy Ya Seba": New treatment for Arabic" Mowashshah-Leader" from Egyptian heritage for string orchestra 1985.
9. "Human Vestiges": Incidental music for a documentary film about Pharaonic temples in Aswan, 1987.
10. "Dodecaphonies": Suite for piano in 12- tone technique, (1986-1988)
11. "Fantasy": Free form work, for orchestra and percussion, written in Arabic scale-Maqamat 1986.
12. "Wady Elmolouk": Symphonic Poem, about the valley of kings in Upper Egypt, Luxor, for orchestra 1988.
13. Composed music for four Egyptian documentary films (1986-1988)

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Graz

14. "Dialog": For two flutes, 1990.
15. "Vocalizes": For soprano with oboe accompaniment, 1991.
16. "Aly Elawa" Children's song, new adaptation of Egyptian folk lieder, 1992.
17. "Hena Maqas" Children's song, new adaptation of Egyptian folk lieder, 1992.
18. "Ghazal": Flirtatious melodies for Solo flute, 1992.
19. "Two Streets-Wander Sellers": Neda`at -canon, for two trumpets, 1992.
20. "Takharif": Musical irrationality for chamber ensemble (6 musicians) with tone band, 1992.
21. "El-Zar": Ostinato, for kammer instruments on Egyptian Allah Haei- Rhythm, 1993.
22. "Articulations": 7 movements-suites, for seven ensemble instruments, 1993.
23. . "Chernobyl": Electronic piece achieved by 2 tone generator synthesizers Yamaha (TX802) written in chart notation, 1993.
24. "As Short As Possible": Dodecaphonic string quartet, (CD), 1993.

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Vienna

25. "Agwa`a I": 8 atmospheres-suite experimental duet, 4 hands, (2 players with 2 bows), upon solo violin, 1994.
26. "Elkholkhal": Ballet in one act, (folk theme about Egyptian anklet), 1994.
27. "Déjà vu": 6 Variations on Czerny piano etude for Saxophone quartet, 1994.
28. "Zekra": Passacaglia, for orchestra and choir vocalize, 1995.
29. "Die Wunderzahl": (listen)Electro-acoustic collage and text performed, as if a message for another world, in German language, (CD), 1995. (Listen)
30. "Message from Elakhra": Fantasy depends on "Die Wunderzahl", for orchestra, narrator and tone band, (1994-1996).

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Cairo

31. "Barsoum Looking For a Job": Live film music for solo violin composed for the first historical silent comic movie in Egypt, 1998.
32. . "Mo`atherat-Effects": Arabic Taqasim-improvisations style, for solo violin, 1999.
33. "Monamnamat-Miniatures": Suite is written in graphic notation for string orchestra, 1999. (Listen), (Score).
34. "Welad-Elbalad": Ostinato on the Wahda wi Nos-Rhythm of folk people, for wind orchestra, 2000.
35. "Ghazl Elbanat": Piece inspired by "neda`at" vocal fanfares of wandering Egyptian sweet merchants (sugar lisle), 2000.
36. "Melaya Laf": Dance piece about "folk woman garment" for Bb clarinet and tambourine, performed with animated projections, 2000.
37. "Qasr Elshoq": for orchestra and video, inspired by the Egyptian movie "Qasr Elshoq", from a novel by novelist Ngib Mahfuz, 2000.
38. "Agwa`a II": Atmospheres-variations on street seller Neda`a- fanfare, for solo oboe and microphone & effect processor, 2000, (See research in Arabic).
39. "Ya Lil": Poetic text by Khalil Gobran performed in Mawawil-style with accompaniment of acoustic, electroacoustic music 2000.
40. "The Hot Letter": 10 Satirical joking sketches depended on the timbre & meaning of the Arabic language letters for Accapella, 2001.
41. "Ranineiyat-Rings": Experimental suite for percussion and stationery& kitchen tools, 2001.
42. "Soul In Straw": Audiovisual variations on a movies called Doa`a Elkarawan , performed by midi-sequencer and live choir, 2001.
43. "Ranin From Space": electro-acoustic clang-music for visual space show, 2001.
44. "Violin and Machine": Experimental theatrical music Duet, (2 players + 2 bows) 4 hands upon one violin with sewing machine, 2001.
45. "Consequence-Sketch": Moment sakes for solo contrabass, exchanging-influenced (on/by) live spontaneous painting of an artist, 2001.
46. "The Air Wings": improvisations for movability orchestra, wind-sound effects, presentation of a film about gales and flying geese, 2002.
47. "Message form under water": A new arrangement after a song of A.Halim Hafes depends on water-sound effects, 2002.
48. "Lahib Elthalg", Musical featuring a volcano's explosion on an ice mountain top, 2002
49. "On Coulisses": wash machine noises piece about human philosophy in the life, performed with a filming inside the human body, 2002.
50. "Paper-Khashkhashet": sound visual fantasy about the paper sound noise, 2002.
51. "Azraq Profile": Music composed for blue-color painting exhibition, 2002.
52. "Ttashshet Sout" :Melodies improvisation through reciting independent words text by the musicians to express the contrary in our life, (the text by the composer), 2004. (listen)
53. . "Qahqaha": Joy piece for MIDI sequencer & cinematic clips of "Fou`ad Elmohandes"ans Ismail Yasin movies, as a psycho-therapeutic music 2004.
54. "Five Fingers”: collage refers to the differences between the civilizations for visual & sound art 2004.
55. "Cinematic Snapshots": Suite of five independent movements, "for string orchestra, solo flute and Arabic percussion, 2004.
56. "Air Bubles": experimental musical theatre participates in Experimental Theatre Cairo Festival, 2004.
57. "Seeing the Sound": Audio-optical piece, focused on the relation between sound and the visual dimension, such as: light & color, 2005.
58. "Shakhbata-doodle": theater work depends on the text of Ttashet Sout, Psycho-spontaneous poly-improvisations performed in multi arts-medias, (2001-2005).
59. "Audible Flashes": Rhythmic Suite for Egyptian kitchen "Hons-tools", performed by deaf, 2005.
60. Video music for Egyptian TV, Nile program.

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Boston

61. "Dances": Dances-Suite is inspirited form American jazz for chamber orchestra and some Arabic percussion, (2007-2008).
62. Choir songs series in Arabic chanting vocalize (2008).
63. "Light and Rhythm" Visual composition for the Deaf (under composed).

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