https://iranicaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Monajat_Ansari.mp3 title Monājāt-e Khᵛāje ʿAbd-Allāh Anṣāri genre/topic Maqām dobayti language Persian performer ‘Abd-al-ʿAziz Aḥmadi voice, Ḡolām‘ali Puratā’i dotār instrument Vocal and dotār composer author/poet Attributed…

https://iranicaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Dastan_Shah_Esmail.mp3 title Dāstān-e Šāh Esmā‘il o Golzār Ḵānom -extract genre/topic Āhang Harāy language Persian and Khorasani Turkish performer Bakši Rowšan Golafruz instrument Vocal and dotār composer author/poet…

Divāna šo title Divāna šo genre/topic Ghazal language Persian performer Davlatmand Kholov, voice and dotār Abd-ol-Sattar Abdollahev, tablak instruments voice,…

Chahārgāh title Chahārgāh genre/topic Azerbaijani muğam; Ghazal language Baghdadi Turkish performer Alim Qasimov, voice; Malik Mansurov, Azerbaijani tār; Elshan Mansurov,…

Dastgāh-e Māhur title Dastgāh-e Māhur genre/topic Dastgāh-e Māhur, pišdarāmad and darāmad language   performer Manučehr Sahbābi instrument Piano composer Alfred…

Čol Iroq title Čol Iroq genre/topic Turkistan tanbur language   performer Farhād Qori Halimov instrument Turkistan tanbur composer   author/poet…

Raqs: Dozala va Tombak title Raqs: Dozala va Tombak genre/topic Dance language   performer   instrument Dozāla; tombak composer  …

Armenian Šuštari title Armenian Šuštari genre/topic maqām language   performer Hoseyn Hamidi instrument Bālābān composer   author/poet   first line…

Iranian National March title Iranian National March genre/topic Hymn language   performer Manučehr Ṣahbābi instrument Piano composer  Minbāšiān, Ḡolām-Ḥoseyn author/poet…

Hymn of Fozieh title Hymn of Fozieh genre/topic Sorud language   performer Manučehr Ṣahbābi instrument Piano composer  Minbāšiān, Ḡolām-Ḥoseyn author/poet…

Šahnāz title Šahnāz genre/topic Muğām Šahnāz language Azeri performer Ḵān Šušinski, voice instrument Voice; Tār; Kamānča; Gavāl (daf) composer  …

Hormozi Saʿid title Hormozi Saʿid genre/topic Āvāz-e Afšāri language   performer Hormozi Saʿid, setar instrument Setār composer   author/poet  …

Qāri Navā’i title Qāri Navā’i genre/topic Dotār language   performer Gozal Muminova instrument Uzbek Dotār composer   author/poet   first…

Āvāz-e Dašti title Āvāz-e Dašti genre/topic Āvāz-e Dašti language   performer Maḥjubi, Morteżā instrument Piano composer Maḥjubi, Morteżā author/poet  …

Nakisā va Bārbad title Nakisā va Bārbad genre/topic Ahle Ḥaqq dastgāh language   performer Nur ʿAli Elāhi instrument Tanbur composer…

Deylamān title Deylamān genre/topic Āvāz-e Dašti, guše Deylamān language Persian performer Ḥossein Omumi, ney and voice Kiyā Tabassiān, setār instrument…

Agar ān tork-e Širāzi title Agar ān tork-e Širāzi genre/topic Maqām Rāst – Naṣr-i Uššāq language   performer Abdunazar Hasanov,…

Pišrow in Bayāte Tork title Pišrow in Bayāte Tork genre/topic Dawr moḵammas, Pišrow in Bayāte Tork language   performer Sa’id…

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Set # 5 – Music Samples Test Heydar Bābā 5-01-Heydar-Baba Hālā čerā? 5-02-Hala-cera Fadāye Roḳsār – Dekr Qāderieh 5-03-Fadaye-Roksar-Dekr-Qaderieh Dastgāh-e…

Tasnif-e Mobtalā title Tasnif-e Mobtalā genre/topic Dastgāh-e Māhur language Persian performer Moḥammad-Reżā Šajariān, voice ; Ahmad Ebādi, setār, ʿAli Aṣğar Bahāri,…

Šeyḵ Amiri Suite title Šeyḵ Amiri Suite genre/topic Naḡme language   performer Nur ʿAli Elāhi instrument Tanbur composer   author/poet…

Žimnāstik muzikāl title Žimnāstik muzikāl (Musical gymnastics) genre/topic Āvāz-e Dāšti language   performer Vaziri, ʿAli-Naqi instrument Tār composer Vaziri, ʿAli-Naqi…

Bandbāz title Bandbāz (Acrobat) genre/topic Dastgāh-e Māhur language   performer Vaziri, ʿAli-Naqi instrument Tār composer  Vaziri, ʿAli-Naqi author/poet   first…

Hālā čerā? title Hālā čerā? genre/topic Tarāna language Persian performer Banān and Golhā orchestra instrument Voice and orchestra composer Kāleqi,…

Fadāye Roḳsār – Dekr Qāderieh title Fadāye Roḳsār – Dekr Qāderieh genre/topic Dekr language Sorani Kurdish performer Ḵalifeh Mirzā Āğah…

Dastgāh-e Čahārgāh title Dastgāh-e Čahārgāh genre/topic Dastgāh-e Čahārgāh language Persian performer Ẓelli Reżāqoli Mirzā, voice ; Mošir Homāyun Šahrdār, piano instrument…

Šeyḵāni-Asuri title Šeyḵāni-Asuri genre/topic Assyrian Dance language   performer   instrument Strings, bālābān, drums composer   author/poet   first line…

Tork čašmaš ar jānam fetne karde rāst title Tork čašmaš ar jānam fetne karde rāst genre/topic Tasif in Āvāz-e Abu…

Heydar Bābā title Heydar Bābā genre/topic Tasnif language Azeri performer Alim Qasimov instrument Voice, Tār, Kamānča, Gavāl (daf) composer  …

The Köroğlu Story: an Excerpt title The Köroğlu Story: an Excerpt genre/topic Epic tale language Turkish performer Āšuq Esmā’il Ja’fariniā,…

Āqor haley title Āqor haley genre/topic Dance language   performer Ganj ‘Ali Salmānizādeh, karnā; Peymān Salmānizādeh, naqqāre instrument Kornā; Naqqāre…

Segāh Yatim title Segāh Yatim genre/topic Mugam Segāh language   performer ‘Ali Salimi instrument Tār composer   author/poet   first…

Set # 4 – Music Samples Test Bahrām Yašt  http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/4-01-Bahram-Yast Jangnāme http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/4-02-Jangname-The-Braves-Of-Tangestan Ebādī Aḥmad http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/4-03-Ebadi-Ahmad Eqbāl Āḏar, Abu’l Ḥasan Khan…

Köroğlu (2) title Köroğlu genre/topic Epic tale language Khorasani Turkish performer Baḵši Isā Qolipur, voice and dotār instrument Voice with dotār…

Hejāz title Hejāz genre/topic Vocal radif, Āvāz-e Abu’atā, guše, Hejāz language Persian performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer  Mirzā ʿAbdollāh,…

Hejāz, Bastenegār, Yaquluna, Čāhārpāre title Hejāz, Bastenegār, Yaquluna, Čāhārpāre genre/topic Āvāz-e Abu’atā, guše, Hejāz language   performer Nur ‘Ali Borumand…

Mowlūd Ḵvāni in Mināb title Mowlūd Ḵvāni in Mināb genre/topic Mawlūd language Arabic performer   instrument Voice composer   author/poet…

Rajaz title Rajaz genre/topic Dastgāh-e Čhahārgāh, guše-he Rajaz language Persian performer ‘Abdollāh Davāmi instrument Voice composer   author/poet Ferdowsi first…

Marsiye Ḵāni title Marsiye Ḵāni genre/topic Marṯīa language Persian performer Bāqer Ārāmi instrument Voice composer   author/poet   first line…

Amiri-e kutāh o boland o Ṭālebā title Amiri-e kutāh o boland o Ṭālebā genre/topic Amiri and Ṭālebā language Māzandarāni performer…

Eydetun mobārak title Eydetun mobārak genre/topic Song for Nowruz language Persian performer Hasanzāde Širāzi, voice instrument Voice with Sornā and…

Nowruze-ḵuni title Nowruze-ḵuni genre/topic Song for Nowruz language Persian performer Mohammad-‘Ali Ḵorsandi, Mohammad Ḵorsandi, voice instrument Voices composer   author/poet…

Čahāršamba-suri title Čahāršamba-suri genre/topic   language Persian performer Hasanzāde Širāzi instrument Voice with violin and tonbak composer   author/poet  …

Newroz title Newroz genre/topic Song for Nowruz language Sorani Kurdish performer Hasan Zirak instrument Voice with violin and tonbak composer…

Ta‘zia of Qazvin title Ta‘zia of Qazvin genre/topic Ta‘zia language   performer Mohammad Ḥoseyn Taqizādeh instrument Voice composer   author/poet…

Zār Songs: Vorāra, Yo mama title Zār Songs: Vorāra, Yo mama genre/topic Zār language   performer Bābā Darviš, voice and…

Köroğlu (1) title Köroğlu genre/topic Dastgāh-e Māhur, guša Köroğlu language   performer Nur ‘Ali Borumand instrument Tār composer   author/poet  …

Qašqā’i title Qašqā’i genre/topic Okšamaq language Qašqāʾi performer Mohammad Hossein Kiāni instrument Voice composer   author/poet   first line of…

Abbās Khāni – Navā title Abbās Khāni – Navā genre/topic Ta‘zia language   performer Seyyed Hamze Hoseyni instrument Voice composer…

Ḥosayni (1) title Ḥosayni (1) genre/topic Vocal radif, Dastgāh-e Šur, guša Hosayni language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer…

Ḥosayni (2) title Ḥosayni (2) genre/topic Radif for Tār and Setār, Dastgāh-e Šur, guša Ḥosayni language   performer ‘Ali-Akbar Šahnāzi…

Baktiāri karnā title Baktiāri karnā genre/topic Mojassame language   performer   instrument Karnā, Dohol composer   author/poet   first line…

Ḥeṣār (part 1) title Ḥeṣār (3 parts) genre/topic Radif for Tār and Setār, Dastgāh-e Čahārgāh, guša Ḥeṣār language   performer…

Ḥeṣār (part 2) title Ḥeṣār genre/topic Vocal radif, Dastgāh-e Čahārgāh, guša Ḥeṣār language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer…

Ḥeṣār (part 3) title Ḥeṣār genre/topic Vocal radif, Dastgāh-e Segāh, guša Hesār language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer…

Ḥazin title Ḥazin genre/topic Vocal radif, Āvāz-e Afšāri, guše Hazin language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer  Mirzā ʿAbdollāh,…

Ḥanā bandān in Kermān title Ḥanā bandān in Kermān genre/topic   language   performer Group of women instrument Voices; Sornā; Dohol composer…

‘Erāq, Nahib, Moḥāyyer, Ašur-āvand, Esfahānak, Ḥazin, Kerešma, Zangule title ‘Erāq, Nahib, Moḥāyyer, Ašur-āvand, Esfahānak, Ḥazin, Kerešma, Zangule genre/topic Radif for…

Delkaš (2) title Delkaš genre/topic Radif for Tār and Setār, Dastgāh-e Māhur, guša Delkaš language   performer Nur ‘Ali Borumand, tār…

Ebrāhīm b. Adham title Ebrāhīm b. Adham genre/topic Lines from Taḏkerat al-awlīāʾ language   performer Mohammad Hoseyn Yegāneh instrument Voice…

Ḵorasan – Dekr Hāji Majnun Šāh title Ḵorasan – Dekr Hāji Majnun Šāh genre/topic  Dekr language   performer Ğolām ‘Ali…

Sanandaj – Dekr Qāderieh title Sanandaj – Dekr Qāderieh genre/topic  Dekr language Arabic performer Ḵalifeh Mirzā Āğah Ğowṭi instrument Voice…

Delkaš (1) title Delkaš (1) genre/topic Vocal radif, Dastgāh-e Mahur, guša Delkaš language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer  Mirzā ʿAbdollāh,…

Ilāri title Ilāri genre/topic Yusof and Ahmad story language Turkmen performer Kalife Naẓarli Mahjubi, voice and dotār Bahrām Berdikor, qijak…

Baluchistan Ḏekr title Baluchistan Ḏekr genre/topic Ḏekr language   performer   instrument Sorud; Tamburak; Voice composer   author/poet   first…

Bayāt-e Kord title Bayāt-e Kord genre/topic Radif for Tār and Setār, Dastgāh-e Šur, āvāz Bayāt-e Kord language   performer ‘Ali-Akbar…

Bayt Mahmud Kolāhpizah title Bayt Mahmud Kolāhpizah genre/topic Bayt language Sorani Kurdish performer Ebrāhim Minuyi of Marivān instrument   composer…

Dād title Dād genre/topic Vocal radif, Dastgāh-e Mahur, guša Dād, language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer  Mirzā ‘Abdollāh,…

Bastenegār title Bastanegār genre/topic Radif for Tār and Setār, Dastgāh-e Čahārgāh, guša Bastanegār language   performer ‘Ali-Akbar Šahnāzi instrument Tār…

Tajnis title Tajnis genre/topic ‘Āšeq Hawāsi language Azerbaijani performer Abolfazl Ebādiyān, bālābān ‘Āšeq Rasul Qorbāni, sāz and voice Nezām-‘Ali Qaradāği,…

Falak-e Matam title Falak-e Matam genre/topic Falak, robā‘iyāt language Tajik Persian performer Mosavvar Minak (b. 1933), robāb and voice Zuqubeyk…

Bozorg title Bozorg genre/topic Vocal radif, Dastgāh-e Šur, guša Bozorg language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice composer  Mirzā ʿAbdollāh,…

Čub-bāzi title Čub-bāzi genre/topic Dance language   performer Ğolām ‘Ali Ney-navāz, sornā Abbās Ney-navāz, dohol instrument Sornā; Dohol composer  …

Set # 3 – Music Samples Test Nowhe of Men’s Mourning http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowhe-men-mourning Nowhe Zeynab http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowhe-zeynab Alimardan Khān http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/alimardan-khan Song of…

Song of carpet-weaving title Song of carpet-weaving genre/topic Work Song language Baktiāri performer Baktiāri women instrument Voices composer   author/poet…

Nowhe of Men’s Mourning   title Nowhe of Men’s Mourning genre/topic ‘Azādāri (in Būšehr) language   performer ‘Ali Dašti instrument…

Nowhe Zeynab title Nowhe Zeynab genre/topic ‘Azādāri language   performer Women from Bušehr instrument Voices composer   author/poet   first…

Alimardan Khān title Alimardan Khān genre/topic  Epic Song language Baktiāri performer Latif Najafi, voice Nowzar Mo’men Nejād, sornā Hušang Kalbi-pur,…

Harāy-āhang-e bolbol title Harāy-āhang-e bolbol genre/topic Romance of Zohre and Tāher language Khorasani Turkish performer Rowšan Golafruz instrument Voice and…

Vāsunak title Vāsunak genre/topic Vāsunak language Persian performer Šekar Širāzi instrument Voice with violin and tonbak composer   author/poet  …

Bayāt-e Tork title Bayāt-e Tork genre/topic Āvāz-e Bayāt-e Tork language Persian performer Yonā Dardašti instrument Voice composer   author/poet  …

Abu ‘Atā title Abu ‘Atā genre/topic Āvāz-e Abu ‘Atā language Persian performer Hosayn Qawāmi instrument Voice composer   author/poet Hāfez…

Denaseri title Denaseri genre/topic Dastgāh-e Homāyun language   performer Nur ‘Ali Borumand instrument Tār composer  Mirzā ‘Abdollāh, Radif author/poet  …

Prayer at the end of work title Prayer at the end of work genre/topic Work song of rice farmers language…

Āvāz-e Dašti title Āvāz-e Dašti genre/topic Āvāz-e Dašti language Persian performer Adib Kwānsāri, voice instrument Voice with ney composer  …

Eqbāl Āḏar, Abu’l Ḥasan Khan Qazvīnī title Eqbāl Āḏar, Abu’l Ḥasan Khan Qazvīnī genre/topic Āvāz-e Abu ‘Aṭā language Persian performer…

Kara Bašimuna Nana title Kara Bašimuna Nana genre/topic Work song of rice farmers language Ṭālešī performer  Group of instrument Voices…

Prayer at the end of work title Prayer at the end of work genre/topic Work song of rice farmers language…

Jangnāme title Jangnāme (The Braves of Tangestān) genre/topic Epic language Persian performer Seyyed Mohammad Moheymāni instrument Voice composer   author/poet…

Ebādī Aḥmad title Ebādī Aḥmad genre/topic Dastgāh-e Mahur language   performer Ebādī Aḥmad instrument Setār composer   author/poet   first…

Bayāt-e Tork 2 title Bayāt-e Tork genre/topic   language   performer Sa‘id Hormozi, setār instrument setār composer   author/poet  …

Hāji Firuzi title Hāji Firuzi genre/topic Hāji Firuzi language   performer Gholām Luti, age 35 in 1969, with his son…

Song in praise of opium title Song in praise of opium genre/topic Luti song language   performer Gholām Lutim age…

Ḵādem Misāq, Hymn of Motherland (sorud-e mihan) title Ḵādem Misāq, Hymn of Motherland (sorud-e mihan) genre/topic Sorud language   performer…

Simorğ title Simorğ genre/topic Simorğ language   performer Mohammad Gāmšāzehi, doneli (double flute), 16 years old in 1983; and Bahrām…

Šāh-nāma title Šāh-nāma genre/topic Šāh-nāma ḵwāni language   performer Heidari, age 62 in 1969 instrument   composer   author/poet Ferdowsi…

Battle between Rostam and Sohrāb, The title Battle between Rostam and Sohrāb, The genre/topic Šāh-nāma ḵwāni language   performer Sayyed…

Yom le’yom title Yom le’yom genre/topic   language   performer Jaakub ibn Esra Kaschi, age 65 in 1911 instrument  …

Tarz-e Yari title Tarz-e Yari genre/topic Haqiqi nazm: Tarz-e Yari language   performer Ostād Tāher Yār-Waysi instrument  Tanbur, Voice composer…

Title   title   genre/topic   language   performer   instrument   composer   author/poet   first line of poem…

Sabā, Zard-e Malijeh title Sabā, Zard-e Malijeh genre/topic   language   performer Farāmaz Pāyvar, santur; Hushang Zarif, tār; Hasan Nāhid,…

Gurughli   title Gurughli genre/topic Epic Tale language Tajik Persian performer Hotam Hokimov instrument vocal, dumbra – long-necked lute recorded…

Sāqi-nāme in Dastgāh Māhur title Sāqi-nāme in Dastgāh Māhur genre/topic Sāqi-nāme in Dastgāh Māhur language   performer Mahumd Karimi instrument…

Reng-e Čahārgāh title Reng-e Čahārgāh genre/topic Reng-e Čahārgāh language   performer Ali Akbar Shahnazi instrument  Tār composer   author/poet  …

Hosayn Khān – Segāh title Hosayn Khān – Segāh genre/topic Dastgāh Segāh language   performer Hosayn Khān Kamānčakaš [Esmā‘ilzādeh] instrument…

Tasnif (balākeš) – Dastgāh šur title Tasnif (balākeš) – Dastgāh šur genre/topic Tasnif – Dastgāh šur language   performer Ḡolām-Hosayn…

Darviš Khān – Pishdarāmad title Darviš Khān – Pishdarāmad genre/topic Pishdarāmad in Dastgāh-e Segāh language   performer Farāmaz Pāyvar, Hushang…

Banān – Kasi ke dar sar-e u title Banān – Kasi ke dar sar-e u genre/topic Sāz o āvāz in…

‘Āref – Namidānam title ‘Āref – Namidānam genre/topic Dastgāh-e Māhur language   performer ‘Abdollāh Davāmi instrument voice composer   author/poet…

Shaydā – az ğam-e ‘ešq-e to title Shaydā – az ğam-e ‘ešq-e to genre/topic Tasnif in Dastgāh-e Segāh language  …

Hosaynqoli – Hajiani title Hosaynqoli – Hajiani genre/subdivision Āvāz-e Dašti, guša Hajiani language   performer Ali Akbar Šahnāzi instrument Tār…

Neydāwud – Māhur title Neydāwud – Māhur genre/topic Dastgāh-e Māhur language   performer Mortezā Neydāwud instrument Tār recorded by  …

Qamar al-Moluk – Magar nasim-e sahar title Qamar al-Moluk – Magar nasim-e sahar genre/topic Abu-‘atā language   performer Qamar al-Molk…

Borumand – Daramads of šur title Borumand – Daramads of šur genre/topic Dastgāh šur, darāmad 1, 2, 3, 4 language  …

Hosaynqoli – Shur title Hosaynqoli – Shur genre/subdivision Dastgāh Šur language   performer Aqā Hosaynqoli instrument Tār recorded by  …

Bayāt-e Tork: a musical system (āvāz, naḡma) and one of the branches of the modal system (dastgāh) of Šūr (q.v.)…

ʿĀšeq jonun: music of Azerbaijan   title ʿĀšeq Jonun genre/topic epic tale language Azeri Turkish performer ʿĀšeq Aslān, from West…

Menu of Music Samples  The following includes a list of selected music files on the Encyclopaedia Iranica. The ‘Music’ column…

Dašti title Dašti genre/topic Āvāz-e Dašti language   performer Yusof Forutan, setār instrument setār composer   author/poet   first line…

Mirqambar title Mirqambar genre/topic Epic language Baluchi performer La’lbakš Peyk, voice and tamburak ‘Ali Mohammad Baluč, sorud Mohammad Eshāq Baluč,…

Music Sample Menu Music Encyclopaedia Iranica Entry ‘Āref – Namidānam ʿĀREF QAZVĪNĪ DAWĀMĪ, ʿABD-ALLĀHTASNIF ʿĀšeq Jonun – Köroğlu ʿĀŠEQ ʿĀŠEQ…

Bidād title Bidād genre/topic Dastgāh-e Homāyun, guša Bidād language   performer Farāmarz Pāyvar, santur Mohammad Esmā‘ili, tombak instrument Santur; Tombak…

Bahrām Yašt title Bahrām Yašt genre/topic Yašt language   performer Mo’bed Parviz Māli instrument Voice composer   author/poet   first…

Guše-ye Zābol title Guše-ye Zābol genre/topic Dastgāh-e Segāh language   performer Kāveh Deylami, voice; Šeydā and Āref ensembles instrument Voice,…

Čahārmezrāb-e Homāyun title Čahārmezrāb-e Homāyun genre/topic Dastgāh-e Homāyun language   performer Faramarz Pāyvar, santur; Mohammad Esmā‘eli, tonbak instrument santur, tonbak…

Ḵāleqi, Ey Irān title Ḵāleqi, Ey Irān genre/topic Āvāz-e Dašti language   performer Banān, vocals, and Golhā orchestra instrument  …

Afšāri title Afšāri genre/topic Āvāz-e Afšāri language   performer Mortezā Ney-Dāwud, tār instrument tār composer   author/poet   first line…

Kāleqi, Mey-e nāb title Kāleqi, Mey-e nāb genre/topic Āvāz-e Bayat-e Esfahān, guše-he‘Oššāq language   performer Banān, vocals, and Golhā orchestra…

Čahār pāra  title Čahār pāra genre/topic Āvāz-e Abu ‘atā, guše-he Čahār pāra language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument Voice  composer…

Čakāvak title Čakāvak genre/topic Dastgāh-e Homāyun, guše-he Čakāvak language   performer Mahmud Karimi instrument  Voice composer   author/poet Sa‘di first…