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Adelkhah, Fariba
(1991) '”Michael Jackson ne peut absolutment rien faire.” Les pratiques musicales en République Islamique d'Iran', Cahiers d'études sur la Méditerranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien, 11, 23-40. RESERVE
Beeman, William O.
(1976) 'You can take music out of the country, but...: the dynamics of change in Iranian musical tradition', Asian Music, 7/2, 6-19.
Blum, Stephen
(1972a) Musics in contact: the cultivation of oral repertoires in Meshhed, Iran. University of Illinois: PhD Dissertation.
(1972b) 'The concept of the 'Âsheq in Northern Khorasan', Asian Music, 4/1, 27-47.
(1974) 'Persian folksong in Meshhed, Iran (1969)', Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council, 6, 86-114.
(1978) 'Changing Roles of Performes in Meshhed and Bojnurd, Iran', in Nettl, B. (ed.) Eight Urban Musical Cultures. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 19-95. RESERVE
(2001) 'Iran: Regional and Popular Traditions', in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (online via www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/).
(2002) 'Iran: An Introduction', in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 6, The Middle East. NY/London: Routledge, 823-38.
Caron, Nelly
(1975) 'The Ta'zieh: The Sacred Theatre of Iran', The World of Music, 17/4, 3-10. RESERVE
Caron, Nelly and Dariouche Safvate
(1966/1997) Les Traditions Musicales: Musique d'Iran. Buchet/Chastel: Institut International d'Études Comparatives de la Musique. MY OFFICE
Caton, Margaret
(1983) The classical "Tasnif": a genre of Persian vocal music. University of California, Los Angeles: PhD dissertation.
(1988) 'Melodic Contour in Persian Music, and Its Connection to Poetic Form and Meaning', in Caton, M. and Neil Siegel (eds.) Cultural Parameters of Iranian Musical Expression. Redondo Beach, California: Institute of Persian Performing Arts, 18-26.
(2002a) 'The Concept of Mode in Iranian Music: Sh?r', in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 6, The Middle East. NY/London: Routledge, 59-76.
(2002b) 'Performance Practice in Iran: Rad?f and Improvisation', in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 6, The Middle East. NY/London: Routledge, 129-143.
Chehabi, H.E.
(1999) 'From Revolutionary Tasnif to Patriotic Surud: Music and Nation-building in Pre-World War II Iran', Iran, 37, 143-154. RESERVE
(2000) 'Voices Unveiled: Women Singers in Iran', in Matthee, R. et al. (eds.) Iran and Beyond. Essays in Middle Eastern History in Honor of N.R. Keddie. Mazda, CA, 151-166. ON ORDER at the Music Library
Chelkowski, Peter
(1979) Ta'ziye: Ritual and Drama in Iran. NY: New York University Press.
(1991) "Popular entertainment, media and social changes in 20th century Iran', in The Cambridge History of Iran, vol 7.
DeBano, Wendy S.
(2005) 'Introdution: Music and Society in Iran, A Look at the Past and Present Century', Iranian Studies, 38/3, 367-72.
(2005) 'Enveloping Music in Gender, Nation, and Islam: Women's Music Festivals in Post-Revolutionary Iran', Iranian Studies, 38/3, 441-62.
During, Jean
(1982a) 'Music, Poetry and the Visual Arts in Persia', the World of Music, 24/1, 72-87. RESERVE
(1982b) 'Revelation and spiritual audition in Islam', the World of Music, 24/3, 68-82. RESERVE
(1984a) La musique iranienne: tradition et évolution. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations. RESERVE
(1984b) 'La Musique Traditionelle Iranienne en 1983', Asian Music, 15/2, 10-31.
(1987) 'L'improvisation dans la musique d'art iranienne', in Lortat-Jacob, B. (ed.) L'improvisation dans les musiques de tradition orale. Paris: SELAF, 135-41.
(1988) 'Emotion and Trance: Musical Exorcism in Baluchestan', in Caton, M. and Niel Siegel (eds.) Cultural Parameters of Iranian Musical Expression. Redondo Beach, California: Institute of Persian Performing Arts, 36-46.
(1989) Musique et Mystique dans les Traditions de l'Iran. Paris/Tehran: Institut Français de Recherches en Iran. RESERVE
(1991) Le répertoire-modèle de la musique persane: Radif de târ et de setâr de Mirzâ 'Abdollâh: version de Nur 'Ali Borumand. Introduction et notation par Jean During. Tehran: Soroush.
(1992a) 'L'Oreille Islamique: Dix Années Capitales de la Vie Musicale en Iran: 1980-1990', Asian Music, 23/2, 135-164.
(1992b) 'The Organization of Rhythm in Baluchi Trance Music', in Baumann, M.P. (ed.) European Studies in Ethnomusicology: Historical Developments and Recent Trends. Wilhelmshaven: Florian Noetzel, 282-302.
(1994) Quelque Chose Se Passe. Le sens de la tradition dans l'Orient musical. Lagrasse: Editions Verdier.
(1997b) 'African Winds and Muslim Djinns: Trance, Healing, and Devotion in Baluchistan', Yearbook for Traditional Music, 29, 39-56.
(1997c) 'Hearing and understanding in the Islamic gnosis', the World of Music, 39/2, 127-37.
(2002) 'Tradition and History: The Case of Iran', in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 6, The Middle East. NY/London: Routledge, 853-64.
(2005b) 'Third Millenium Tehran: Music!', Iranian Studies, 38/3, 373-98.
During, Jean, Z. Mirabdolbaghi and D. Safvate
(1991) The Art of Persian Music. Washington: Mage Publishers. RESERVE
Farhat, Hormoz
(1990) The Dastgâh Concept in Persian Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. RESERVE
(2001) 'Iran. Classical Traditions', in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (online via www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/).
Movahed, Azin
(2003/2004) 'Religious supremacy, Anti-imperialist Nationhood and Persian Musicology After the 1979 Revolution', Asian Music, 35/1, 85-113. RESERVE
Nettl, Bruno
(1970) 'Attitudes towards Persian Music in Tehran, 1969', The Musical quarterly, 56/2, 183-197.
(1972) 'Persian Popular Music in 1969', Ethnomusicology, 16/2, 218-39.
(1974) 'Aspects of Form in the Instrumental Performance of Persian Âv?z', Ethnomusicology, 18, 405-14.
(1978) 'Persian Classical Music in Tehran: the Processes of Change', in Nettl, B. (ed.) Eight Urban Musical Cultures. Urbana/Chicago/London: University of Illinois Press. RESERVE
(1979) 'Musical Values and Social Values: Symbols in Iran', Asian Music, 12/1, 129-48.
(1985) 'Music School'. 'Concerts.' 'A Champion', in Nettl, B. The Western Impact on World Music. Change, Adaptation, and Survival. London: Macmillan, 72-75, 79-83, 110-113. RESERVE
(1987) The Radif of Persian Music: Studies of Structure and Cultural Context. Champaign, Illinois: Elephant and Cat.
Nooshin, Laudan
(1998) 'The Song of the Nightingale: Processes of Improvisation in Dastg?h Seg?h', British Journal of Ethnomusicology, 7, 69-116.
(2005a) 'Subversion and Countersubversion: Power, Control, and Meaning in the New Iranian Pop Music', in Randall, A.J. (ed.) Music, Power, and Politics. NY/London: Routledge, 231-272. RESERVE
(2005b) 'Underground, Overground: Rock Music and Youth Discourses in Iran', Iranian Studies, 38/3, 463-94.
Reckord, Thomas
(1988) 'The Role of Religious Chant in the Definition of the Iranian Aesthetic', in Caton, M. and Neil Siegel (eds.) Cultural Parameters of Iranian Musical Expression. Redondo Beach, Caifornia: Institute of Persian Performing Arts.
Shay, Anthony
(1999) Choreophobia: solo improvised dance in the Iranian world. Costa Mesa, California: Mazda.
(2000) 'The 6/8 beat goes on: Persian popular music from Bazm-e Qujariyye to Beverly Hills garden parties', in Armbrust, Walter (ed.) Mass Mediations: New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle East and Beyond. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Talai, Dariush
(2002) 'A New Approach to the Theory of Persian Art Music: the Radif and the Modal System', in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 6, The Middle East. NY/London: Routledge, 865-74.
Yarshater, Ehsan
(1974) 'Affinities between Persian Poetry and Music', in Chelkowski, P. (ed.) Studies in the Art and Literature of the Near East. Salt Lake City/NY: University of Utah and New York University.
Youssefzadeh, Ameneh
(2000) 'The Situation of Music in Iran since the Revolution: the Role of Official Organizations', British Journal of Ethnomusicology, 9/2, 35-61.
(2002a) Les bardes du Khorassan iranien. Le bakhshi et son répertoire. Leuven/Paris: Peeters. RESERVE
(2002b) 'Snapshot: Ali Aqa Almajoqi: The Life of a Khorasani Bakhshi', in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 6, The Middle East. NY/London: Routledge, 839-841.
(2004) 'Singing in a Theocracy: Female Musicians in Iran', in Korpe, M. (ed.) Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today. London/NY: Zed Books, 129-134. RESERVE
(2005) 'Iran's Regional Musical Traditions in the Twentieth Century: A Historical Overview', Iranian Studies, 38/3, 417-39.
Zonis, Ella
(1973) Classical Persian Music: An Introduction. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. RESERVE
