Shevâsh Ensemble: Essâre Su. Music of Mâzandarân (Northern Iran) - Persian Ethnic Music

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Shevâsh Ensemble: Essâre Su. Music of Mâzandarân (Northern Iran)
Mahoor Institute, Iran | 2003 | APE + mp3 320k + booklet 300 dpi | ~390 + 140 MB
Persian Ethnic Music

Tracks:

1. Katuli
One of the most important tunes in the music of Mâzandarân with amorous content. It is a part of vocal music in this region. Literally it means "high", "height", "big" and also "long". Its form is tripartite. The first part is in free meter and the third part is totally metric. The second part stands metrically in between.

2. Galle re Bordan
It is a pastoral piece with a narrative content. The piece relates to a folk tale: Once a group of bandits attacked the sheep and dispersed the catlle. They did not manage to gather the sheep. They asked a shepherd for doing so. The shepherd went on a hilltop and blowed in his Lalevâ (fife) and played the famous tune: "O Pretty Cousin, they have banditted us". His cousin heard the tune and gathered the people of the village and at last the group of bandits were defeated.

3. Kijâ Jân
This is a generic term denoting numerous songs such as Hamdam Jân, Gol-e Man, Biqarâr, etc. Generally they have an amorous content with lyrics of 11-syllables. Each has a gushvâreh (literally: "earring") and a refrain. Gushvareh is a short refrain in which the name of the beloved is repeated. The name of each Kijâ Jân is the same as its gushvâreh, e. g. Goli Jân, Bânu Jân, etc. Different contents are used in Kijâ Jân, but in the refrain the subject remains constant.

4. Sut Khâni
Sut Khâni narrates the epic poetry of Mâzandarân folk heros. Rashid Khân is a very famous example.

5. Goli-be-Goli Khâni
It is a vocal form in which a single tune is sung by two or more singers in sequence.

(Ahmad Mohsenpur)

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