Margaret Caton
- ʿĀREF QAZVĪNĪ ii. ʿAref’s music
ʿĀref was the most influential taṣnīf (song) composer and performer of the period of the Constitutional Revolution. His works are…
- ʿABDALLĀH, MĪRZĀ
ʿABDALLĀH, MĪRZĀ (ca. 1259-1337/1843-1918), a well-known court musician and master of the setār and tār (plucked long-necked lutes). His musical…
- BANĀN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN
BANĀN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN (b. Tehran, Ordībehešt, 1290 Š./May, 1911, d. Tehran, 10 Esfand 1364 Š./29 February 1986) one of the foremost…
- BAYĀT-E TORK
BAYĀT-e TORK, a musical system (āvāz, naḡma) and one of the branches of the modal system (dastgāh) of Šūr in traditional…
- BAYĀT-E KORD
BAYĀT-e KORD, or KORD-e BAYĀT, a part of the modal system (dastgāh) of Šūr in Persian music. The name Kord…
- BAYĀT-E EṢFAHĀN
BAYĀT-e EṢFAHĀN, or ĀVĀZ-e EṢFAHĀN, a musical system based on a specific collection of modal pieces (gūšahā) which are performed…
- BAYĀT-E TORK-test1
BAYĀT-e TORK, a musical system (āvāz, naḡma) and one of the branches of the modal system (dastgāh) of Šūr (q.v.)…
- TAṢNIF
TAṢNIF (تصنیف), a type of vocal composition in classical Persian music. The term, an Arabic loanword, originally referred to literary compositions…
- Šeydā
Šeydā, the pen name of Mirzā ʿAli-Akbar Širāzi (b. Shiraz, 1259/1843; d. Tehran at the Ṣafi ʿAlišāh ḵānaqāh, 1324/1906), a…
- DARVĪŠ KHAN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN
DARVĪŠ KHAN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN (b. Tehran, 1289/1872, d. Tehran, 2 Āḏar 1305 Š./23 November 1926), master musician, renowned teacher, and innovative…