Music of a thousand years : a new history of Persian musical traditions /

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Author / Creator:	Lucas, Ann E., 1978- author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	xviii, 265 pages : illustrations, maps (some color), music ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Joan Palavsky imprint in classical literature Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Subject:	Music -- Iran -- History and criticism. Maqām. Dastgāh. Dastgāh. Maqām. Music. Iran. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11995913

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ISBN:	9780520300804 0520300807 9780520972032
Language / Script:	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251), discography (page 230), and index.
Summary:	At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Iran's particular system of traditional Persian art music has been long treated as the product of an ever-evolving, ancient Persian culture. In Music of a Thousand Years, Ann E. Lucas argues that this music is a modern phenomenon indelibly tied to changing notions of Iran's national history. Rather than considering a single Persian music history, Lucas demonstrates cultural dissimilarity and discontinuity over time, bringing to light two different notions of music-making in relation to premodern and modern musical norms. An important corrective to the history of Persian music, Music of a Thousand Years is the first work to align understandings of Middle Eastern music history with current understandings of the region's political history.
Other form:	Online version: Lucas, Ann E., 1978- Music of a thousand years. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520972032

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Culture of maqam. Musical empires ; Musical structure: cosmology and the universal order c. 1100-1800 ; Music and morality: listening to dangers inherent in the cosmos ; The politics of song: music for kings, music for empire c. 1400-1722
Culture of dastgah. Musical structure, musical nation c. 1800-1950 ; The nation's music: discovering and recovering the dastgah ; Music and morality: the recovery of a nation, c. 1880-1940 ; Singing the nation: words of the people, music for Iran
Conclusion.

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