Touraj Kiaras and Persian Classical Music: An Analytical Perspective

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7546-6328-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 462 g

Reihe: SOAS Studies in Music

In this book Owen Wright analyses a single recording of classical Persian music made by Touraj Kiaras, a distinguished singer, accompanied by four noted instrumentalists. The format of the recording is typical of a public concert performance, and thus includes instrumental compositions as well as a central exploration of vocal repertoire and technique. The analysis identifies salient structural features, whether of the individual components or of the whole, in a way accessible to the western reader, but it also takes account of the analytical metalanguage used in Persian scholarship, and includes consideration of the relationship between music and poetry. It is important to note that it is also guided by the perceptions of the performer, whose input and responses to questions have significantly influenced the enterprise. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wright, Owen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Purpose; Part 1 Touraj Kiaras: Historical context; Learning; Career development; Westernization and tradition; Exile. Part 2 Analytical Frameworks: Approaches; Indigenous categories; Terminology; Creativity. Part 3 The Present Performance: Format; Analysis: background; a) The Pre-Composed Pieces (1): Pishdaramad; Moqaddame; Tarane; b) The Radif Section: Daramad; Chakavak; Leyli o majnun; Ney-e davud; Bidad; Forud; c) The Pre-Composed Pieces (2): Tarane; Reng. Part 4 Epilogue: Select bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

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.