Dastgah Concept in Persian Music

Name: Dastgah Concept in Persian Music
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ISBN: 9780521305426

ISBN-10: 052130542X

ISBN-13: 9780521305426

Edition: 1990

Authors: Hormoz Farhat

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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…

Book details

List price: $78.99
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/31/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 213
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface


Transliterations


Opening statement



A brief historical perspective



Intervals and scales in contemporary Persian music



Musical concepts and terminology



Dastgah-e Sur



Dastgah-e Abuata



Dastgah-e Dasti



Dastgah-e Bayat Tork



Dastgah-e Afsari



Dastgah-e Segah



Dastgah-e Cahargah



Dastgah-e Homayun



Dastgah-e Bayat-e Esfahan



Dastgah-e Nava



Dastgah-e Mahur



Dastgah-e Rast (Rast-Panjgah)



Vagrant Guses



Compositional forms


Closing statement


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Appendix