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Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

Lucas, Ann E.

Paperback

IslamIran HistoryWorld Music

ISBN10: 0520300807
ISBN13: 9780520300804
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Dec 3 2019
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.

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.

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