Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions
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| Management number | 231832334 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$12.05 | Model Number | 231832334 | ||
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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. 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 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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0520300807 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0520300804 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.68 x 9 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.02 pounds |
| Print length | 286 pages |
| Publication date | December 3, 2019 |
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