Masel - 1-9-2009 at 01:01 AM
Does anyone know a serious website that explains the dastgah, the terms and names of the forms of persian classical music? All the ones I find usually
are an introduction to non-musician westerners that don't provide enough "meat" of information. Thanks
DaveH - 1-9-2009 at 01:36 AM
Like you I've never seen much online.
I'd recommend the Radif of Mirza Abdollah, a book with 5 companion CDs of the complete radif, recorded by Dariush Tala'i, which I could listen to from
beginning to end. The book has a fairly comprehensive theoretical section and sheet music for the whole radif. It's published by a group called Mazda
in LA. I think it's around $100 - not actually that pricey when you consider what you get for it.
Dr. Oud - 1-9-2009 at 09:49 AM
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Middle_East/Iran/Arts_and_Entertainment/Mu...
http://www.eshghiran.com/english/home.html
http://www.tanboor.com/instrument/page.php?recordID=3002&lang=e...
http://www.dovesong.com/mp3/mp3_persia.asp
http://www.shayda.net/Index_4.html
http://www.shayda.net/bibliography.html
http://www.iranian.com/music.html
http://tehran.stanford.edu/audio.html
http://www.kamand-music.com/upcoming-events.html
http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Music_of_Nassehpoor_Ensemble_MP3...
http://www.nejadmusic.com/
http://www.duke.edu/~azomorod/persian2.html
http://www.iranmusic.de/
http://www.santur.com/media.html
http://www.tonbak.com/
http://www.setar.info/
http://www.delawaz.com/Index.asp
http://www.shayda.net/Index_4.html
http://nasehpour.tripod.com/peyman/id47.html
John Erlich - 1-9-2009 at 10:48 AM
Shalom Masel,
Don't you have some master Persian musicians in Israel that you can study with? Menashe Sasson (from HaBreira HaTiv'it)? Shmuel Rozbhan? There
also must be someone at the Institute in Jerusalem...
Kol tuv,
John
Peyman - 1-9-2009 at 11:35 AM
I haven't seen any comprehensive websites. The best thing is to invest in some books.
Other than the radif book, one of the best books on the "dastgah" is this one:
The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music
By Hormoz Farhat. It's an excellent book in terms of practicality. Each mode is explained and then an example is given at the end of the book of how
the mode is used.
Aghakhan - 1-9-2009 at 02:46 PM
May be this? a little more than the general explainations
"What is Radif?" by Mohammad Reza Lotfi (one of the current masters of Persian classical music)
Masel - 1-10-2009 at 08:44 AM
thanks alot everyone!
Marina - 1-12-2009 at 12:06 AM
There is a concert of Persian music workshop, in Suzan Delal center, 15.01.2009,21:00 (hamishi)
for tickets 03 5173711