The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music - Cambridge Studies in Ethnomusicology (Book, Revised)

The tradition of Persian art music embodies twelve modal systems, known as dastgahs. Each dastgah represents a complex of skeletal melodic models on the basis of which a performer produces extemporised pieces. The dastgahs revolve around unspecified central nuclear melodies which the individual musician comes to know through experience and absorption. It is a personal and elusive tradition of great subtlety and depth. Through extensive research, including interviews with leading musicians and recording over one hundred hours of music, Hormoz Farhat has unravelled the art of the dastgah. In his study Professor Farhat analyses the intervallic structure, melodic patterns, modulations, and improvisations within each dastgah, and examines the composed pieces which have become a part of the classical repertoire in recent times.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2004
First published:	1990
Authors:	Hormoz Farhat
Dimensions:	247 x 189 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Book
Pages:	216
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-54206-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Folk music
LSN:	0-521-54206-5
Barcode:	9780521542067

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