Talib Rasul Hakim was an American composer. Born Stephen Alexander Chambers on February 8, 1940, brother to noted jazz drummer and composer

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in Asheville, North Carolina, he grew up playing music in school, studying clarinet, piano, and singing in church choir. He later studied music at the Manhattan School of Music,

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, and the New School for Social Research, New York. His teachers include

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, Ornette Coleman, Margaret Bonds,

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.Alison Deborah Jones. "Hakim, Talib-Rasul." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. 14 February 2010. Hakim first came to attention in the wider music community through appearances of his works on the "Music in Our Time" concert series in New York in the mid-1960s. He received awards and residencies from the Bennington Composers Conference (1964–90) and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts (1981–2), as well as ASCAP, grants from the

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, and the Creative Artist Public Service Program. In addition to composing, Hakim taught at Pace College, Adelphi University, Nassau Community College, and Morgan State University, as well as working as a radio and television producer. After converting to Sufism in 1973, Hakim changed his name. He died on March 31, 1988, in

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List of works

* Indicates extant score materials located in ''College Archives & Special Collections'' at Columbia College ChicagoColumbia College Chicago
''Guide to the Talib Rasul Hakim Collection'' (2020). ''CBMR Collection Guides''
/ Finding Aids. 21. ''Mutations'' (1964)* bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, viola, cello ''Six Players and Voice'' (1964)* Soprano, clarinet, trumpet, cello, 2 percussion, and piano ''Four'' (1965)* Clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano ''Piano Piece'' (1965) Piano ''Shapes'' (1965)* Chamber Orchestra ''Three Play Short Five'' (1965)* Bass clarinet, percussion, bass ''Contours'' (1966)* Oboe, Bassoon, horn, trumpet, cello, bass ''Currents'' (1967)* String Quartet ''Elements'' (1967) Flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin/viola, cello, piano, glass and bamboo wind and hand chimes ''Roots and Other Things'' (1967) Flute/alto flute, oboe/EH, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone, viola, cello, bass ''Sound-Gone'' (1967) Piano ''Inner-Sections'' (1967) Flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, percussion ''Sound Images'' (1969) Brass, 3 percussion, strings, female chorus ''Tone-Poem'' (1969)* Soprano, percussion, contrabass, and piano (text by Langston Hughes) ''Placements'' (1970)* Piano, percussion ''Set-Three'' (1970) Soprano, cello, piano ''Timelessness'' (1970) Flugelhorn, horn, trombone, tuba, 2 percussion, bass, and piano ''Uranian-Projections'' (1970) Soprano, percussion, and piano ''Visions of Ishwara'' (1970)* Orchestra ''Reflections on the 5th Day'' (1972) Narrator, chamber orchestra ''Concepts'' (1974)* Orchestra ''Recurrences'' (1974)* Orchestra ''Arkan- 5'' (1980–81)* Chamber Orchestra ''Lailatu'l-Qadr'' (''The Night of Power'') (1984) Bass clarinet, bass, percussion ''Az-Zaahir-Al Batin''(''The Outward-The Inward'') (1985–86)* Orchestra

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References

Horne, Aaron. Keyboard Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1992. Horne, Aaron. String Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1992. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hakim, Talib Rasul 1940 births 1988 deaths Converts to Islam American Muslims American male composers Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni New York College of Music alumni American Sufis The New School alumni 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians