Music Making in Iran from the 15th to the Early 20th Century / Amir Hosein Pourjavady.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pourjavady, Amir Hosein, author.

Series:

Music and performance in Muslim contexts.

Music and Performance in Muslim Contexts Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Iran--History.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the music of Iran in its historical and social contexts from the Timurid period up until the end of the Qajar period (15th to early 20th centuries).

Contents:

Intro

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I Historical and Social Contexts

1 Centers of Musical Patronage between the Fifteenth and Eighteenth Centuries

2 Courtesans and Concubines in Early Modern Iran

3 Musical Life in the Nineteenth Century

Part II Music Theories and Practices

4 The Modal System

5 Rhythm

6 Musical Genres

Appendix 1: The Systematist Texts

Appendix 2: The Non-Systematist Texts

Appendix 3: An Account of the Modal System and Rhythmic Cycles in Non-Systematist Treatises

Glossary

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-3995-1580-2

1-3995-1579-9

OCLC:

1416153479