UID:
almafu_9960119400302883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780511870279
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0511870272
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9781139085885
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1139085883
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9780511470233
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0511470231
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in ethnomusicology
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521542067
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521542065
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521305426
Additional Edition:
ISBN 052130542X
Language:
English
