
Halim El-Dabh
Compositeur, interprète et ethnomusicologue égyptien naturalisé américain né le 4 mars 1921 au Caire et mort le 2 septembre 2017 à Kent, Ohio.
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Halim El-Dabh est né au Caire dans une famille de mélomanes au sein de laquelle il apprend le piano et la darbouka tout en commençant à écrire ses propres compositions. Il suit des études d’agronomie à l’Université du Caire - d’où il sortira diplômé en 1945 - et commence une carrière d’ingénieur tout en poursuivant ses activités musicales.
En 1942, il remporte le premier prix dans les catégories composition et piano au concours de musique de l’Opéra égyptien. En 1944, la diffusion par la radio égyptienne de sa pièce Hommage à Mohammed Ali-El-Kabir attire l’attention du public et de la famille royale. En 1946, il compose la musique du film de Hussein Helmy Azhar wa Ashwaq. En février 1949, il interprète sa composition pour piano It is Dark and Damp on the Front au Centre musical de la cathédrale de la Toussaint du Caire.
Pionnier dans le domaine de la musique concrète, Halim El-Dabh commence ses premières expériences sonores à la station de radio du Moyen-Orient du Caire en 1944 où il emprunte un magnétophone avec lequel il enregistre divers sons, notamment les chants rituels traditionnels d’une cérémonie du Zaar, qu’il manipule et transforme. Il réalise alors un des premiers morceaux de musique électronique connu. La pièce, enregistrée sur bande magnétique et intitulée The Expression Of Zaar, est présentée dans une galerie d’art au Caire en 1944.
Il obtient une bourse pour étudier la musique aux États-Unis où il arrive à l’été 1950 dans le cadre du programme d’échange Fulbright. Il étudie la composition avec John Donald Robb et Ernst Krenek à l’Université du Nouveau-Mexique, avec Francis Judd Cooke au Conservatoire de musique de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (Boston), avec Aaron Copland et Luigi Dallapiccola au Berkshire Music Center (actuel Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, Massachusetts), et enfin avec Irving Fine à l’Université Brandeis (Waltham, Massachusetts).
De 1969 à 2012, il est professeur de musique et d’ethnomusicologie africaine à l’Université de Kent, Ohio. Il a également enseigné à l’Université d’Addis-Abeba en Éthiopie, à l’Université de Kinshasa au Zaïre (actuelle RDC) et à l’Université Howard à Washington, DC. Il est consultant pour le programme Folklife auprès de la Smithsonian Institution à Washington, DC de 1974 à 1981 pour un projet sur les marionnettes égyptiennes et guinéennes.
Ses recherches ethnomusicologiques le conduisent en Égypte, en Éthiopie (où il forme l’Orchestra Ethiopia, le premier orchestre d’instruments traditionnels pan-éthiopien composé de musiciens de divers groupes ethniques de ce pays) ainsi qu’au Congo, en Guinée, au Mali, au Maroc, au Niger, au Nigéria, au Sénégal, en Afrique du Sud et au Soudan. Il mène également des recherches au sein de la diaspora africaine aux États-Unis.
Ses œuvres sont jouées en Égypte, au Soudan, en Éthiopie, en Israël, au Nigéria, au Japon, en Thaïlande, en Ouzbékistan, au Brésil, au Mexique, aux États-Unis, au Canada et dans plusieurs pays d’Europe. Parmi ses compositions figurent des opéras, des symphonies, de nombreux ballets, concertos et pièces orchestrales, des œuvres pour orchestre et chœur, des musiques de film, de la musique de scène pour pièces de théâtre, des œuvres de chambre et électroniques.
En 1958, Fantasia-Tahmeel, concerto pour darbouka et orchestre à cordes, est créé par l’American Symphony Orchestra sous la direction de Léopold Stokowski et avec le compositeur lui-même à la darbouka.
Il a travaillé en étroite collaboration avec la chorégraphe Martha Graham, composant la musique de quatre de ses ballets, l’opéra-ballet Clytemnestra (1958), One More Gaudy Night (1961), A Look at Lightening (1962), et Lucifer (1975).
Sa partition pour Son et lumières des pyramides de Gizeh, composée en 1960 à la demande de Gamal-Abdel Nasser et présentée pour la première fois en 1961, continue d’être jouée quotidiennement sur le site de la Grande Pyramide.
Plusieurs de ses compositions puisent à la source de son héritage égyptien, telles que Mekta ‘in the Art of Kita’ (1955), The Eye of Horus (1967), Ptahmose et le Sort Magique (1972), ou encore Ramsès le Grand (Symphonie n° 9) (1987).
Les œuvres ultérieures d’Halim El-Dabh comprennent notamment la pièce de ballet In the Valley of the Nile (1999), composée pour la Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company, le concerto pour piano Surrr-Rah (2000), composé pour le pianiste Tuyen Tonnu ; et Ogún (2000), pour soprano et ensemble de chambre. La pièce de théâtre musical Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of the Dead est créée en septembre 2002 au Cleveland Public Theatre à Cleveland, Ohio. Symphony for One Thousand Drums, pièce invoquant les déesses de l’Egypte ancienne, est interprétée par un millier de percussionnistes à Cleveland (2006) et au Colorado (2008).
À la fin des années 1950 et au début des années 1960, il est invité à travailler au Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center à New York, où il crée un certain nombre d’œuvres électroniques, notamment Leiyla and the Poet (1959). Un enregistrement de plusieurs de ces œuvres, intitulé Crossing Into the Electric Magnetic, est publié en novembre 2001 par le label Without Fear Recordings.
Halim El-Dabh a reçu plusieurs bourses et récompenses, notamment la bourse Guggenheim à deux reprises (1959-60 et 1961-62), deux bourses Fulbright (1950 et 1967), deux bourses Rockefeller (1961 et 2001), le Cleveland Arts Prize (1990), une bourse Meet-the-Composer (1999) et une bourse Ohio Arts Council (2000). En mai 2001, il a reçu un doctorat honorifique de l’Université de Kent et en 2007 un doctorat honorifique du Conservatoire de Nouvelle Angleterre.
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Sources
Site du compositeur et des éditions Peters.
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Fantasia-Amira for piano (1946)
- Prelude Sheroude for piano (1946)
- Egyptian Suite Ballet for piano (1947)
- March for organ (1947)
- Evolution and Decadence for piano (1949)
- It is Dark and Damp on the Front for piano (1949)
- Coma Dance for piano (1950)
- Fikra for piano (1950)
- Drum-Takseem for percussion (1951)
- Meditation on the Nile for piano (1951), Peters
- A Triptych to Segovia for guitar (1953)
- Felucca, the Celestial Journey for piano (1953)
- Arabiyaat for piano (1954)
- Ifriqiyaat for piano (1954)
- Misriyaat for piano (1954)
- Berceuse Shadia for piano (1955)
- Mekta' in the Art of Kita' for piano (1955), Peters
- Berceuse Amira for piano (1959)
- Thula Thia for cello (1960)
- Soufiane for piano (1961)
- Diversions for percussion (1965)
- Sonic No. 10 for percussion (1965), Peters
- Sonic No. 7 for percussion (1965), Peters
- My Foot Jarred the Stone for guitar (1973)
- Wedding Time for guitar (1984)
- Dragons and Floating Lilies for zheng (1991)
- Kalabsha on River Nile for zheng (1991)
- Eulogy to Cairo's Earthquake Victims and thier Families for piano (1992)
- To the Letter of His Name: Raymond DeMattia for flute (1995)
- Secrets of the Sky and Earth for marimba (1996)
- Walking in the Neighborhood for piano (1997)
- Mekta' in the Art of Kita': Geometrical Circles with Feelings for piano (1998), Peters
- Sailing Wind for vibraphone (2010)
- Chamber music
- Homage to Muhammad Ali al-kabir for violin, cello and piano (1944)
- String Quartet No. 1 Metamorphosis and Fugue on Egyptian Folklore (1951)
- Monotone, Bitone and Polytone for wind sextor and percussionite (1952, 1985)
- Osmo-Symbiotic for two pianos (1952)
- Thulathiya for oboe, violin and piano (1960), Peters
- Three Pharaonic Themes for two flutes (1972)
- Tonography for clarinet, bassoon and marimba (1980)
- Thumaniya for two trumpets and pecussion (1984)
- Journey through the Centers of Being for violin and percussion (1988)
- Dialogue for double bass and darbouka (1991)
- Theme Song: The New Renaissance for flute, cello and piano (1991)
- Global Order for two tubas and darbuka (1993)
- Big Tooth Aspen for flute and goblet drum (1995)
- Multicolored Sonata for two trumpets (1996)
- Duo for African and Contemporary Marimbas None (2000)
- Shadows on Water for dàn bau and piano (2000)
- Rivers in Confluence for violin and piano (2001)
- Spiral Spirit for dàn bau and piano (2001)
- Sweet and Prickly Pear for violin and derbouka (2002)
- The Miraculous Tale for alto saxophone and derabucca (2006)
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Ya Gamul Ya Nasser for orchestra (1947)
- Aria for string orchestra (1949)
- Symphony No. 1 (1950)
- National Anthem for Egypt for President Naguib for orchestra (1952)
- The Legend for orchestra (1952)
- Symphony No. 3 for Thirty-seven Years (1953), 25 mn, Peters
- Frieze in Body Movement for violin, harp, piano and timpani (1954)
- Bacchanalia for orchestra (1958), Peters
- Ballet Suite No. 2 for orchestra (1958)
- Juxtaposition No. 1 for two timpani, a xylophone and a marimba (1959), Peters
- Juxtaposition No. 2 for a harp, a timpani, a xylophone and a marimba (1959)
- Music for Oriental Percussion Instruments in the Traditionnal and Modern Manner for piano and percussion ensemble (1960)
- Cleopatra for orchestra (1961, 1983), 25 mn, Peters
- Tabla-Dance for piano and percussion ensemble (1961), Peters
- Nomadic Waves for two wind orchestras (1962, 1981), Peters
- Egueyto-Yaat for two trumpets and crash cymbals (1963)
- Afra for chamber orchestra (1965)
- Hindi-Yaat No. 1 for percussion ensemble (1965), Peters
- Mosaic No. 1 for piano and percussion (1965), Peters
- Tabla-Tahmeel No. 1 for percussion ensemble (1965)
- Voyages (1973)
- Rhapsodia Egyptia-Brasileira for orchestra (1985)
- elec stage Unnatural Acts for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, marimba and electronica (1986)
- Ramesses the Great Symphony No. 9 (1987)
- Five Etudes for wind ensemble (1989)
- Conversations with Shu for wind ensemble (1990)
- Ceremonial Fattening for Death and Resurrection for bassoon ensemble (1991)
- Habeeb's Lullaby and Rebuttal for alto saxophone and bassoon ensemble (1991)
- Harmonies of the Spheres: Ten Nations Rejoice for wind ensemble (1991)
- New Pharaohs Suite for orchestra (1996)
- Cleo's Suite for orchestra (1999)
- The Reappearance of the Lotus Flower for string orchestra (2002)
- Symphony for One Thousand Drums (2006)
- The Pomegranate Concerto for saxophone, string quartet & double bass (2007)
- Concert music
- Fantasia-Tahmeel Concerto for darbuka and strings (1958), 7 mn, Peters
- Tahmeela for flute and ensemble (1958), 9 mn, Peters
- Concerto. Derabucca for clarinet and string orchestra (1981)
- Bahia: Father of the Orisha for trombone and orchestra (1986)
- Tahmeela for timpani and orchestra (1986)
- Surrr-Rah for piano and orchestra (2000)
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Mass for mixed choir, organ and African percussions ()
- stage Clytemnestra for two solo voices and orchestra (1958), 1 h 50 mn, Peters
- Juxtaposition No. 3 for mezzo-soprano, two harps, and percussion (1959)
- stage Yulei, the Ghost for soprano and ensemble (1960)
- Partita Poly-Obligati in Song Cycle for soprano, violin and piano (1961)
- Leiyla for mezzo-soprano, male choir, piano, double bass and percussion (1965)
- Shades and Shadows for male choir and percussion (1965)
- stage Theodora in Byzantium (Doxastiko) (1965)
- elec stage Wa Ka Na for singers, dancers, percussion and tape (1966)
- Born from the World for solo voice or choir and percussion (1967)
- stage The Eye of Horus for solo voice and percussion (1967)
- stage Black Epic chamber opera (1968)
- Kyrie for the Bishop of Ghana for mixed choir, African wind and percussion instruments (1968)
- Palm Sunday for mixed choir and organ (1969)
- stage Of Gods and Men for singers, dancers and ensemble (1972)
- stage Ptah-mose and the Magic Spell None (1972)
- Abongilas's Love for choir and African percussions (1974)
- stage Black Genesis opera (1975)
- Isis and the Seven Scorpions for soprano, flute, harpsichord and derbouka (1975)
- Hajer for soprano and piano (1979)
- Shadia's Song for voice and guitar (1980)
- stage The Birds for solo voices, choirs, actors, dancers and ensemble (1988)
- The Jade Flute for soprano, trumpet and piano (1989)
- Befen, Tefen and Five More Scorpions for mezzo-soprano and flute (1990)
- Go Down Moses, the Planet Earth is the Promised Land for soprano, baritone and piano (1991)
- On this Planet we call Home for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano (1991)
- elec stage Lucy, Come Back for singers, dancers, percussionists and multimedia (1993)
- E Certo for soprano and marimba (2000)
- Ogun: Let him, let het have the Iron for soprano and ensemble (2000)
- I touched a Single Ray for tenor and viola (2001)
- elec Element, Being and Primeval for tape and ensemble (2002)
- Aapep and Ra for narrator and double bass (2004)
- A cappella vocal music
- Shadows in Gallinia for choir (1947)
- stage Impromptu Africaine for singers, dancers and multimedia device (1972)
- Salma Ya Salama for choir (1979)
- stage The Untold (1996)
- elec Signals and Connections for voice and electronics (2005)
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- elec The Expression of Zaar (1944)
- elec Diffusion of Bells (1959)
- elec Electronic Fanfare None (1959)
- elec Element, Being and Primeval for tape (1959)
- elec Leiyla and the Poet for tape (1959)
- elec Meditation on White Noise for tape (1959)
- elec The Word for tape (1959)
- elec Pirouette Continuum for tape (1974)
- elec Three Time Frames for tape (1991)
- Unspecified instrumentation
- stage Azhar wa Ashwaq movie soundtrack (1946)
- Spectrum No. 1: Symphony in Sonic Vibration for piano strings and percussion in wood and ceramic (1955)
- elec Music of the Pyramids None (1960, 1983), Peters
- elec Saladin and the Citadel None (1960)
- stage Sobek the Crocodile children's opera (1960)
- stage One More Gaudy Night None (1961)
- stage A Look of Lighting (1962)
- stage Opera Flies None (1969, 1995)
- stage Prometheus Bound None (1969)
- stage Lucifer (1975)
- stage Memphis Blues, Long Gone (1976)
- stage Antony and Cleopatra (1996)
- stage In the Valley of the Nile (1999)
- stage Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of Dead None (2002)
- 2010
- Sailing Wind for vibraphone
- 2007
- The Pomegranate Concerto for saxophone, string quartet & double bass
- 2006
- Symphony for One Thousand Drums
- The Miraculous Tale for alto saxophone and derabucca
- 2005
- elec Signals and Connections for voice and electronics
- 2004
- Aapep and Ra for narrator and double bass
- 2002
- stage Blue Sky Transmission: A Tibetan Book of Dead None
- elec Element, Being and Primeval for tape and ensemble
- Sweet and Prickly Pear for violin and derbouka
- The Reappearance of the Lotus Flower for string orchestra
- 2001
- I touched a Single Ray for tenor and viola
- Rivers in Confluence for violin and piano
- Spiral Spirit for dàn bau and piano
- 2000
- Duo for African and Contemporary Marimbas None
- E Certo for soprano and marimba
- Ogun: Let him, let het have the Iron for soprano and ensemble
- Shadows on Water for dàn bau and piano
- Surrr-Rah for piano and orchestra
- 1999
- Cleo's Suite for orchestra
- stage In the Valley of the Nile
- 1998
- Mekta' in the Art of Kita': Geometrical Circles with Feelings for piano, Peters
- 1997
- Walking in the Neighborhood for piano
- 1996
- stage Antony and Cleopatra
- Multicolored Sonata for two trumpets
- New Pharaohs Suite for orchestra
- Secrets of the Sky and Earth for marimba
- stage The Untold
- 1995
- Big Tooth Aspen for flute and goblet drum
- To the Letter of His Name: Raymond DeMattia for flute
- 1993
- Global Order for two tubas and darbuka
- elec stage Lucy, Come Back for singers, dancers, percussionists and multimedia
- 1992
- 1991
- Ceremonial Fattening for Death and Resurrection for bassoon ensemble
- Dialogue for double bass and darbouka
- Dragons and Floating Lilies for zheng
- Go Down Moses, the Planet Earth is the Promised Land for soprano, baritone and piano
- Habeeb's Lullaby and Rebuttal for alto saxophone and bassoon ensemble
- Harmonies of the Spheres: Ten Nations Rejoice for wind ensemble
- Kalabsha on River Nile for zheng
- On this Planet we call Home for mezzo-soprano, flute and piano
- Theme Song: The New Renaissance for flute, cello and piano
- elec Three Time Frames for tape
- 1990
- Befen, Tefen and Five More Scorpions for mezzo-soprano and flute
- Conversations with Shu for wind ensemble
- 1989
- Five Etudes for wind ensemble
- The Jade Flute for soprano, trumpet and piano
- 1988
- Journey through the Centers of Being for violin and percussion
- stage The Birds for solo voices, choirs, actors, dancers and ensemble
- 1987
- Ramesses the Great Symphony No. 9
- 1986
- Bahia: Father of the Orisha for trombone and orchestra
- Tahmeela for timpani and orchestra
- elec stage Unnatural Acts for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, marimba and electronica
- 1985
- Rhapsodia Egyptia-Brasileira for orchestra
- 1984
- Thumaniya for two trumpets and pecussion
- Wedding Time for guitar
- 1981
- Concerto. Derabucca for clarinet and string orchestra
- 1980
- Shadia's Song for voice and guitar
- Tonography for clarinet, bassoon and marimba
- 1979
- Hajer for soprano and piano
- Salma Ya Salama for choir
- 1976
- stage Memphis Blues, Long Gone
- 1975
- stage Black Genesis opera
- Isis and the Seven Scorpions for soprano, flute, harpsichord and derbouka
- stage Lucifer
- 1974
- Abongilas's Love for choir and African percussions
- elec Pirouette Continuum for tape
- 1973
- My Foot Jarred the Stone for guitar
- Voyages
- 1972
- stage Impromptu Africaine for singers, dancers and multimedia device
- stage Of Gods and Men for singers, dancers and ensemble
- stage Ptah-mose and the Magic Spell None
- Three Pharaonic Themes for two flutes
- 1969
- stage Opera Flies None
- Palm Sunday for mixed choir and organ
- stage Prometheus Bound None
- 1968
- stage Black Epic chamber opera
- Kyrie for the Bishop of Ghana for mixed choir, African wind and percussion instruments
- 1967
- Born from the World for solo voice or choir and percussion
- stage The Eye of Horus for solo voice and percussion
- 1966
- elec stage Wa Ka Na for singers, dancers, percussion and tape
- 1965
- Afra for chamber orchestra
- Diversions for percussion
- Hindi-Yaat No. 1 for percussion ensemble, Peters
- Leiyla for mezzo-soprano, male choir, piano, double bass and percussion
- Mosaic No. 1 for piano and percussion, Peters
- Shades and Shadows for male choir and percussion
- Sonic No. 10 for percussion, Peters
- Sonic No. 7 for percussion, Peters
- Tabla-Tahmeel No. 1 for percussion ensemble
- stage Theodora in Byzantium (Doxastiko)
- 1963
- Egueyto-Yaat for two trumpets and crash cymbals
- 1962
- stage A Look of Lighting
- Nomadic Waves for two wind orchestras, Peters
- 1961
- Cleopatra for orchestra, 25 mn, Peters
- stage One More Gaudy Night None
- Partita Poly-Obligati in Song Cycle for soprano, violin and piano
- Soufiane for piano
- Tabla-Dance for piano and percussion ensemble, Peters
- 1960
- Music for Oriental Percussion Instruments in the Traditionnal and Modern Manner for piano and percussion ensemble
- elec Music of the Pyramids None, Peters
- elec Saladin and the Citadel None
- stage Sobek the Crocodile children's opera
- Thula Thia for cello
- Thulathiya for oboe, violin and piano, Peters
- stage Yulei, the Ghost for soprano and ensemble
- 1959
- Berceuse Amira for piano
- elec Diffusion of Bells
- elec Electronic Fanfare None
- elec Element, Being and Primeval for tape
- Juxtaposition No. 1 for two timpani, a xylophone and a marimba, Peters
- Juxtaposition No. 2 for a harp, a timpani, a xylophone and a marimba
- Juxtaposition No. 3 for mezzo-soprano, two harps, and percussion
- elec Leiyla and the Poet for tape
- elec Meditation on White Noise for tape
- elec The Word for tape
- 1958
- Bacchanalia for orchestra, Peters
- Ballet Suite No. 2 for orchestra
- stage Clytemnestra for two solo voices and orchestra, 1 h 50 mn, Peters
- Fantasia-Tahmeel Concerto for darbuka and strings, 7 mn, Peters
- Tahmeela for flute and ensemble, 9 mn, Peters
- 1955
- Berceuse Shadia for piano
- Mekta' in the Art of Kita' for piano, Peters
- Spectrum No. 1: Symphony in Sonic Vibration for piano strings and percussion in wood and ceramic
- 1954
- Arabiyaat for piano
- Frieze in Body Movement for violin, harp, piano and timpani
- Ifriqiyaat for piano
- Misriyaat for piano
- 1953
- A Triptych to Segovia for guitar
- Felucca, the Celestial Journey for piano
- Symphony No. 3 for Thirty-seven Years, 25 mn, Peters
- 1952
- Monotone, Bitone and Polytone for wind sextor and percussionite
- National Anthem for Egypt for President Naguib for orchestra
- Osmo-Symbiotic for two pianos
- The Legend for orchestra
- 1951
- Drum-Takseem for percussion
- Meditation on the Nile for piano, Peters
- String Quartet No. 1 Metamorphosis and Fugue on Egyptian Folklore
- 1950
- Coma Dance for piano
- Fikra for piano
- Symphony No. 1
- 1949
- Aria for string orchestra
- Evolution and Decadence for piano
- It is Dark and Damp on the Front for piano
- 1947
- Egyptian Suite Ballet for piano
- March for organ
- Shadows in Gallinia for choir
- Ya Gamul Ya Nasser for orchestra
- 1946
- stage Azhar wa Ashwaq movie soundtrack
- Fantasia-Amira for piano
- Prelude Sheroude for piano
- 1944
- Homage to Muhammad Ali al-kabir for violin, cello and piano
- elec The Expression of Zaar
- Date de composition inconnue
- Mass for mixed choir, organ and African percussions
Bibliographie
- Nicolas PUIG, « Recording Culture. Une figure égyptienne du xxe siècle : Halim El-Dabh, compositeur, collecteur et pionnier des musiques électroniques », dans Annales Islamologiques, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Matérialisation, dématérialisation et circulations des musiques du monde arabe (xxe-xxie siècle), vol. 53, 2019, pp.113-137. http://journals.openedition.org/anisl/5649
- Michael KOURY, « A look at lightning : the life and compositions of Halim El-Dabh », dans The Arab avant-garde: music, politics, modernity, Thomas Burkhalter, Kay Dickinson, and Benjamin J. Harbert (editors), Middletown (Connecticut), Wesleyan University Press, 2013.
- Denise SEACHRIST, The Musical World of Halim El-Dabh, Kent (Ohio), The Kent University Press, 2003.
- « Composer. Choregrapher », [Symposium avec Louis Horst, Vivian Fine, Robert Starer, Norman Dello Joio, Lucia Dlugoszewski, Carlos Surinach, Alwin Nikolais, Gunther Schuller, John Cage, Halim El-Dabh, Norman Lloyd], dans Dance-Perspectives (William Schuman, avant-propos ; Martha Graham, introduction), n° 16,1963.
Discographie
- Halim EL DABH, Piano Music, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2009.
- Halim EL DABH, The Dog Gone Deaf, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2009.
- Halim EL DABH, The Osiris Ritual, Ptahmose and the Magic Spell part 1, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2009.
- Halim EL DABH, African Village Music, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2009.
- Halim EL DABH, Chambers and Concertos, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2009.
- Halim EL DABH, African Melody and Beat, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2008.
- Halim EL DABH, Drum Voices of Africa, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2008.
- Halim EL DABH, Music Compositions Throughout the Years: Performances at Kent State University, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2008.
- Halim EL DABH, 80th Birthday Gala Concert, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2008.
- Halim EL DABH, Suites and Symphonies, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2008
- Halim EL DABH, Total Satisfaction: a Medley, 1 cd Halim El Dabh Music, 2008.
- Halim EL DABH, Live at Starwood, 1cd Association for Consciousness Exploration, 2002.
- Halim EL DABH, Electronic Fanfare ; Alcibiadis Monologue To Socrate ; Wire Recorder Piece ; Michael and the Dragon ; Meditation in White Sound ; Pirouette ; Element: Being, and Primeval ; Electronics and The Words ; Venice ; Leiyla Visitations, dans « Crossing into the Electronics Magnetic », 1 cd Without Fear, 2000, WFR003.
Liens internet
- Site du compositeur : http://www.halimeldabh.com/
- Site des éditions Peters : https://www.edition-peters.com/
(liens vérifiés en juillet 2022).