Touraj Kiaras and Persian classical music: an analytical perspective

To avoid the dryly impersonal, the analysis is also framed by an introduction which combines a biographical sketch of Touraj Kiaras with a survey of the twentieth-century evolution of Persian classical music and of the position of the vocal repertoire within it, and by an epilogue which examines fur...

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Beteilige Person: Wright, Owen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Burlington, VT [u.a.] Ashgate 2008
Schriftenreihe:SOAS musicology series
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Zusammenfassung:To avoid the dryly impersonal, the analysis is also framed by an introduction which combines a biographical sketch of Touraj Kiaras with a survey of the twentieth-century evolution of Persian classical music and of the position of the vocal repertoire within it, and by an epilogue which examines further the ideological basis of prevalent attitudes to music, and seeks to explore the validity of the analytical enterprise within this context." "Owen Wright is Research Professor of Musicology of the Middle East in the Department of Music at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK."--BOOK JACKET
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:XIV, 134 S. Ill., Notenbeisp.
ISBN:9780754663287