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Iranian Music and Popular Entertainment: From Motrebi to Losanjelesi and Beyond

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Iranian Music and Popular Entertainment: From Motrebi to Losanjelesi and Beyond

GJ Breyley, "Iranian Music and Popular Entertainment: From Motrebi to Losanjelesi and Beyond "
English | ISBN: 0415575125 | 2015 | 202 pages | EPUB | 4 MB

The word motreb finds its roots in the Arabic verb taraba, meaning ‘to make happy.’ Originally denoting all musicians in Iran, motrebi came to be associated, pejoratively, with the cheerful vulgarity of the lowbrow entertainer.
In Iranian Music and Popular Entertainment, GJ Breyley and Sasan Fatemi examine the historically overlooked motrebi milieu, with its marginalized characters, from luti to gardan koloft and mashti, as well as the tenacity of
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