Stephen Blum
Articles by Stephen Blum
- KAMĀNČA
KAMĀNČA (کمانچه, lit. “small bow”), the most common term throughout much of the Iranian world for a spike fiddle with a…
- DO-BAYTĪ
DO-BAYTĪ, a quatrain of sung poetry in many Persian dialects. In popular speech and publications the quatrains are commonly described…
- KARNĀ
KARNĀ (Karrenāy), designation of three types of musical instrument, the most prestigious being long trumpets made of brass, gold, silver,…