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

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.

ISBN:	9780520300804
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	03 Dec 2019
DEWEY:	780.955
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xviii, 265
Weight:	468g
Height:	254mm
Width:	230mm
Spine width:	17mm

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