From: kamyar@mdd.comm.mot.com (Kamyar Moinzadeh)
Subject: Re: The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music - the book
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:17:48 GMT

In article <lfvracINNpuc@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> smortaz@handel.Eng.Sun.COM (Shahrokh Mortazavi) writes:
>
>In article <1992Nov10.002832.25863@ucselx.sdsu.edu> fbahrami@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Farhad Bahrami) writes:
>>salAm doostAn,
>>
>>I'd love to travel around Iran on a ethnomusicolgical trip and record regional
>>musics.  And being able to use computers would make research/documentation a
>>lot easier.
>
>a novel idea!  one could imagine producing an extravagant multimedia
>application with graphics, video, cd quality sound, etc which takes the
>user thru a roller coaster ride of classical persian music.  imagine: 'This is
>called a Santoor, touch its icon to hear its sound.'  'Touch here for a
>brief biography of JavAd Ma'roofi while listening to his piano
>music'...
>
>>
>>You're right about Bach - but even though the west has kept longer record of
>>their music than us, they also only go back about 500 years - small compared
>>to the history of music (Chinese music's been documented for 4000 years!).
>>And also, they don't _really_ know what Bach's (or ancient Chinese) instruments sounded like.    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>well sure, not *exactly* (since tape players didnt have record buttons
>yet) but i thot there are plenty of 17th century violins, cellos,
>harpsichords, organs, etc around which are fully functional today.
>dont some of the players in period-instrument orchestras (st martin in
>the fields, trevor pinnock's, philharmonia baroque, etc) use actual
>antique (as opposed to replicas) instruments?  how old are stradivari?
>
>>Keep up the good discussion.  Discussion aside,  I'm happy with the way our
>>music has really blossomed, through the efforts of many fine musicians,
>>especially in the past few years.  People like Alizadeh would not be
>>composing the music they are without masters Vaziri/Saba/Khaleghy/...,
>>in other words, the whole written and oral tradition behind them.
>>What do you think?
>
>absolutely.  they were trailblazers of their field.  i had the opportunity
>to listen to mr zolfonoon give a lecture (and a little concert) a while
>back.  the number of obstacles which they had to negotiate just to keep their
>Persian Music Institution open was amazing.

A really good book on this subject is titled "Sargozashte Mooshighieh Iran" by Mr. Khaleghi.
This book comes in three volumnes and the second volume is about Colonel Vaziri(Khalegi's Ostad)
and all he had to go through to revolutionize Traditional Persian Music.

>btw, what is javaa ma'roofi up to these days?

I was fortunate to attend Mr. Maroofi's concert(summer of 1990 )in Vancouver B.C.  He was
giving this concert to raise money to help the earthquake vicitims of Iran.  As 
usual he performed magic with his fingers on the piano. He's latest work in Iran has been
piano solos, I beleive the title of his latest tape is called "Sepideh".  I asked Mr. Maroofi
how come his not conducting and arranging for the orchestra.  He responded that the current 
situation in Iran does not allow him to do so, but he is documenting all of his arrangements.
I find that very sad, becuase I beleive Mr. Maroofi is one of the greatest Iranian musicians
and not letting him to arrange and conduct his works is tragedy.

It seems that the political and social situation in Iran does not allow some of the masters
in Persian music to record and sell their perfomances.  For example Mr. Khaledi and Mr. Badii
have both passed away without any major recordings after the revolution.  Specially the violin
players, because it seems the violin(taknavazi) has been banned from Persian Music.

By the way, a few months ago, a got a new tape titled "Charkhe Gardoon".  The music is
composed and arranged by Mr. Tajvidi and conducted by Mr. Shahbazian.  The tape feautres
Asghar Shah-Zeydi, Jalil Shahnaz and Mohammad Esmaili. "Charkhe Gardoon" is the most beautiful 
taraneh that I have heard since the revolution and I strongly recommend it to music lovers.
  
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>>sepAs
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Ba Sepase Faravan
Kamyar

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