Week 8 - Oct 25 : Introduction to Persian art music: repertoire and performance practice, tradition, spirituality and ideology
Reading assignment:
Read one of the following groups and report on two readings therein:
1) During (1984a: read 105-131, browse 133-168, read 189-194); Nettl (1979);
2) During (1991: 19-29, 57-92, 153-159)
3) Nettl (1987: read 1-40, browse 43-64)
4) Zonis (1973: 41-67, 98-125)
Nettl (1987: 111-132, 151-161)
Farhat (1990: 3-26, 56-64)
Caton (2002a) Caton (2002b) During (2002) During (1987) Nettl (1980) Nooshin (1998) Talai (2002)
Caton (2002a); (2002b). During (1987); (2002). During & Mirabdolbaghi & Safvate (1991). Farhat (1990). Nettl (1980); (1987). Nooshin (1998). Talai (2002). Zonis (1973). All listed in Iran
YOUR EXERCISES (transcription/analysis, composition or CD reviews) ARE DUE THIS WEEK.