Week 1 - Sept 6: "The Persianate World": a viable concept? Introduction to the musics of Iran and Central Asia

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Reading assignment:

Browse the entries "CENTRAL ASIA", "TAJIKISTAN", "UZBEKISTAN" and "IRAN" in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

Plus, see Blum 2002 (listed in Iran) and Levin 2002 (listed in Afghanistan, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan) in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, volume 6: The Middle East.