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Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions
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.
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Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions
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.
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Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

by Ann E. Lucas
Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions
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Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

Music of a Thousand Years: A New History of Persian Musical Traditions

by Ann E. Lucas

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520300804
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/03/2019
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Ann E. Lucas is Assistant Professor of ethnomusicology in the Department of Music at Boston College, where she also teaches in the Islamic Civilizations and Societies Program. She is recognized for her work on music historiography of the Middle East. 
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