The dastgāh concept in Persian music / Hormoz Farhat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farhat, Hormoz, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in ethnomusicology.

Cambridge studies in ethnomusicology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dastgāh.

Music theory--Iran.

Music theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The tradition of Persian art music embodies twelve modal systems, known as dastgahs. Each dastgah represents a complex of skeletal melodic models on the basis of which a performer produces extemporised pieces. The dastgahs revolve around unspecified central nuclear melodies which the individual musician comes to know through experience and absorption. It is a personal and elusive tradition of great subtlety and depth. Through extensive research, including interviews with leading musicians and recording over one hundred hours of music, Hormoz Farhat has unravelled the art of the dastgah. In his study Professor Farhat analyses the intervallic structure, melodic patterns, modulations, and improvisations within each dastgah, and examines the composed pieces which have become a part of the classical repertoire in recent times.

Contents:

A brief historical perspective

Intervals and scales in contemporary Persian music

Musical concepts and terminology

Dastgāh-e sur

Dastgāh-e abuata

Dastgāh-e dasti

Dastgāh-e bayat tork

Dastgāh-e afsari

Dastgāh-e segah

Dastgāh-e cahargah

Dastgāh-e homayun

Dastgāh-e bayat-e esfahan

Dastgāh-e nava

Dastgāh-e mahur

Dastgāh-e rast (rast-panjgah)

Vagrant guses

Compositional forms.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511870279

0511870272

9781139085885

1139085883

9780511470233

0511470231

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07591 hdl