Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions
Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions
by Ann E. Lucas
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0520300807 | 286 Pages | AZW3 | 4.13 MB
by Ann E. Lucas
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0520300807 | 286 Pages | AZW3 | 4.13 MB
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.