| Description |
1 online resource (394 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Iran |
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Routledge Library Editions: Iran
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| Contents |
Cover; Music and Song in Persia; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Transliteration of Persian Letters; Preface; Methodology; Sources and Delimitations; Note on Research Sources; Acknowledgements; 1. Historical Background of Persia and Persian Music; 2. Music, Islam, Mysticism and Proper Performance; 3. Preservation and Propagation of Persian Music; 4. The Theory of Persian Music; 5. Persian Vocal Music; 6. Background of Perso-Arab Poetic Structure; Conclusion; Appendices; A Attributes of the Beloved in Persian Poetry; B Radif Texts and Translations; C Metric Analysis |
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D Sequence of Gushe From Four Main SourcesE Persian Instruments; F Notation and Transcriptions; Epilogue; Bibliography; Glossary of Terms and Persons; General Index |
| Summary |
This book is the first full-length analysis of the theory and practice of Persian singing, demonstrating the centrality of Persian elements in the music of the Islamic Middle Ages, their relevance to both contemporary and traditional Iranian music and their interaction with classical Persian poetry and metrics |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Music -- Iran -- History and criticism
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Folk songs -- Iran -- History and criticism
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Folk songs
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Music
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Iran
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203829370 |
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0203829379 |
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