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Music of Iran

In December 2005, I was invited to participate in the conference on the music of greater Khorassan and Transoxiana in Tehran.  With the generous help of friends, colleagues, and the parents of one of my students, I was fortunate to attend a number of music-related events and document them.

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Street view, Tehran

Panel, Tehran

Military musicians

Shemr

Mr Maratib

Zurkhaneh: Shah Nameh reciter

Zurkhaneh

Isfahan

Namaz

Nauheh

Ramin Jazayeri

Video

Ali Aqa Almajogi

Bakhshi recorded at the conference “Music of Khorosan and Transoxiana,” held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Tehran, January 3-4, 2006

Motrebs performing at the Friday bazaar in Tehran, Dec 2005

Nauheh

Genre of martial dirge sung by Shiahs in memory of Husain, the grandson of the Prophet, and his family. Qazvin, Iran 2006

Maddh and Rowzeh

Shiah religious genres of chant, moving from praises to lamentations, recorded in Qazvin, Iran

Zurkhaneh

Scenes from an Iranian "house of strength" (zurkhaneh), Isfahan, December 2005

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