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UNINA9910367592203321 |
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Lucas Ann E. <1978-> |
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Music of a thousand years : a new history of Persian musical traditions / / Ann E. Lucas |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps, plates; digital file(s) |
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Collana |
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Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Music - Iran - History and criticism |
Maqām |
Dastgāh |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- A Note about Transliteration -- 1. Ancient Music, Modern Myth -- Part One: Culture of Maqam -- 2. Musical Empires -- 3. Musical Structure: Cosmology and the Universal Order, c. 1100-1800 -- 4. Music and Morality: Listening to Dangers Inherent in the Cosmos -- 5. The Politics of Song: Music for Kings, Music for Empire, c. 1400-1722 -- Part Two: The Culture of Dastgah -- 6. Musical Structure, Musical Nation, c. 1800-1950 -- 7. The Nation's Music: Discovering and Recovering the Dastgah -- 8. Music and Morality: The Recovery of a Nation, c. 1880-1940 -- 9. Singing the Nation: Words of the People, Music for Iran -- 10. History, Agency, and the Power of Music -- Notes -- Discography -- Reference List -- Index |
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"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 |
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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." --Back cover. |
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