Gurdjieff Music

 

“It is the consistency and objectivity of his [Gurdjieff’s] essential tone that is so compelling. Whether in a delicate dance, a soulful song, or an uncompromisingly stark hymn, one hears always his call to return to and confront one’s inmost being.”

Laurence Rosenthal

 

Gurdjieff embodied his teaching in three forms: ideas, movements, and music. Thomas de Hartmann, an accomplished professional composer, collaborated on several hundred musical compositions with Gurdjieff in the 1920s.

 

Available on cds:

 

The Music of Gurdjieff/de Hartmann (Thomas de Hartmann, Piano)

 

Vol I: Asian Songs and Rhythms

Vol II: Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes

Volume III: Hymns, Prayers and Rituals

Volume IV: Hymns from a Great Temple and other Selected Works