Music and Song in Persia
Subtitle: The Art of Avaz (Persian Art and Culture)
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: October 1999
Language: eng; per
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780874806144
Subjects: Ethnomusicology; History & Criticism - General; Music; Music/Songbooks; History and criticism; Iran
Description: "This book is the first full-length analysis of the theory and practice of Persian singing, demonstrating the centrality of Persian elements in the music of the Islamic Middle Ages, their relevance to both contemporary and traditional Iranian music and their interaction with classical Persian poetry and metrics."--Jacket.