The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music

The tradition of Persian art music embodies twelve modal systems, known as dastgahs. Each dastgah represents a complex of skeletal melodic models on the basis of which a performer produces extemporised pieces. The dastgahs revolve around unspecified central nuclear melodies which the individual musician comes to know through experience and absorption. It is a personal and elusive tradition of great subtlety and depth. Through extensive research, including interviews with leading musicians and recording over one hundred hours of music, Hormoz Farhat has unravelled the art of the dastgah. In his study Professor Farhat analyses the intervallic structure, melodic patterns, modulations, and improvisations within each dastgah, and examines the composed pieces which have become a part of the classical repertoire in recent times.

Author: Hormoz Farhat
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/08/2004
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.64h x 7.48w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9780521542067
ISBN10: 0521542065
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Ethnomusicology
- Music | Genres & Styles | International

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