G. I. Gurdjieff travelled for many years through Central Asia and the Middle East collecting melodies and ritual dances, which his friend and pupil Thomas de Hartmann wrote down and arranged as piano pieces.

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First Series - Greek Melody - Greek Round Dance - Greek Song - Kurd Melody for two Flutes - Oriental Song - Persian Song - Atarnakh, Kurd Song - Tibetan Melody - Duduki - Armenian Melody - Song of the Molokans - Kurd Shepherd Melody Second Series - Song of the Aisors - Kurd Shepherd's Dance - Song of the Fisherwomen - Mamasha - Persian Dance - Song of Ancient Rome - Armenian Song - Ancient Greek Melody - Long ago in Mikhailov - Oriental Melody - Assyrian Women Mourners Third Series - Kurd Melody from Isfahan - Hindu Melody - Armenian Song - Greek Melody - Afghan Melody - Kurd Melody - Ancient Greek Melody - Ancient Greek Dance - Greek Song - Arabian Dance - Greek Melody - Tibetan "Masques", No. 1 - Tibetan "Masques", No. 2