Dastgah Concept in Persian Music The

Bibliographic Data

ID23800428
AuthorsHormoz Farhat (corresponding author)
Year1990
Publication date1990-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueDastgah Concept in Persian Music (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511470233
OpenAlexW4214685778
ISBN9780511470233
LanguageEN
Citations received12

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.

Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Melody · Musical · Performing arts · Persian · Repertoire · Visual arts · Diverse Academic Research Analysis · Diverse Musicological Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Philosophy

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