The European-stylistic orchestral music in Iraq by focusing upon musical career and major works by the Iraqi composer Khalil Ismail Hakki

Abstract

My thesis, The European-stylistic orchestral music in Iraq by focusing upon musical career and major works by the Iraqi composer Khalil Ismail Hakki, is a study about a trend of some Iraqi musicians to perform Western Art Music, and to arrange and compose Iraqi music, which is based on the European-stylistic orchestral music. Mr. Khalil Ismail Hakki is one of these Iraqi musicians who seeks in his compositions and arrangement for new horizon for the Iraqi music. Iraqi music enriched with the elements of the European-stylistic orchestral music like, harmony, counterpoints and orchestration. I followed the analytical descriptive methodology in my research.