The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music
- Author: Farhat, Hormoz
Farhat's volume takes its place in musicological literature as an important contribution to scholarship on musical systems and as a lucid, useful, and satisfying introduction to one of the great... — More…
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Contents
- Preface
- Transliterations
- Opening statement
- 1. A brief historical perspective
- 2. Intervals and scales in contemporary Persian music
- 3. Musical concepts and terminology
- 4. Dastgah-e Sur
- 5. Dastgah-e Abuata
- 6. Dastgah-e Dasti
- 7. Dastgah-e Bayat Tork
- 8. Dastgah-e Afsari
- 9. Dastgah-e Segah
- 10. Dastgah-e Cahargah
- 11. Dastgah-e Homayun
- 12. Dastgah-e Bayat-e Esfahan
- 13. Dastgah-e Nava
- 14. Dastgah-e Mahur
- 15. Dastgah-e Rast (Rast-Panjgah)
- 16. Vagrant Guses
- 17. Compositional forms
- Closing statement
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Appendix.