Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

by Ann E. Lucas

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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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520300807
• ISBN13: 9780520300804
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"