Music and Song in Persia: The Art of ĀvāzThis study analyzes the theory and practice of Persian singing (Avaz), 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. |
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Contents
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF PERSIA | 1 |
MUSIC ISLAM MYSTICISM AND PROPER PERFORMANCE | 13 |
PRESERVATION AND PROPAGATION OF PERSIAN | 29 |
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2nd form Abu Ata Afshari Ap Bb Arab Araq Avaz Avaz-e Azarbaijani Bayat-e Raje beloved Borumand Center for Preservation Chahar Mezrab Chahargah Chaharpare Daramad-e Daramad-e Avval Daramad-e Dovvom Darvish Khan Daryush Safvat Dashti dastgdh Davami del-e Dobeiti eshq Ferdosi Forud gushe Gushe-ye Hafez Hazaj meter Hazin Hesar Homayun Hoseini Ibid instrument Iran Iranian Music Isfahan Islamic Jame-Daran Kereshme Khan khod Leili(o Ma'rufi Maghlub Mahur Majnun Masnavi masters melodic segments Mirza Abdollah modal scale modal systems mode Mokhalef musicians musiqi-ye musique Muye mystic Naghme Nahib Nahoft Nava Neiriz Neishaburak Noruz-e Oshshaq Pahlavi Parisa performance Persian music Persian traditional music poetry Preservation and Propagation Qarache Qarai quarter tone radif Rak-e Hindi Rak-e Kashmir Rastpanjgah Razavi ru-ye Rumi Sa'di Saba Safvat santur Saqiname Segah setdr Shekaste Shiraz Shirin Shur Shushtari song texts spiritual Tarz Tehran Journal Tork traditional music Translation verse vocal witness note Zabol Zangule
Bibliographic information
| Title | Music and Song in Persia: The Art of Āvāz Persian art and culture series |
| Author | Lloyd Miller |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Utah Press, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Sep 15, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0874806143, 9780874806144 |
| Length | 360 pages |
| Subjects | › Music / Ethnomusicology Music / History & Criticism |
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