Music Theory in the Safavid Era

The taqsīm al-naġamāt

Owen Wright

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Routledge
15 October 2018

Theory of music & musicology; Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600); Social & cultural history

Series: SOAS Studies in Music

The Safavid era (1501–1722) is one of the most important in the history of Persian culture, celebrated especially for its architecture and art, including miniature paintings that frequently represent singers and instrumentalists. Their presence reflects a sophisticated tradition of music making that was an integral part of court life, yet it is one that remains little known, for the musicological literature of the period is rather thin. There is, however, a significant exception: the text presented and analysed here, a hitherto unpublished and anonymous theoretical work probably of the middle of the sixteenth century. With a Sufi background inspiring the use of the nay as a tool of theoretical demonstration, it is exceptional in presenting descriptive accounts of the modes then in use and suggesting how these might be arranged in complex sequences. As it also gives an account of the corpus of rhythmic cycles it provides a unique insight into the basic structures of art-music during the first century of Safavid rule.

By: Owen Wright
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 997g
ISBN: 9781138062436
ISBN 10: 113806243X
Series: SOAS Studies in Music
Pages: 436
Publication Date: 15 October 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Owen Wright is Emeritus Professor of Musicology of the Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.