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Extracting Theory from Practice: A Computational Analysis of the Persian Radif
<p>This dissertation studies radif, the repertoire/system of Persian classical music, by developing a framework for computational research on vocal music performance. The radif consists of seven dastgāhs and five āvāzes (secondary dastgāhs). Each dastgāh consists of several pieces (gushes). …
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The Processes of Creation and Recreation in Persian Classical Music
… aspects of the basic canonic repertoire, the radif, are examined, and this is followed by a discussion of the processes by which the radif is learnt, this being a crucial stage in laying the foundations of musical creativity. There is also a consideration of the concepts of creativity in this …
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Music Making in Iran: Developments Between the Sixteenth and Late Nineteenth Centuries
… of free-rhythmic pieces known as the <em>radif</em>.</p> <p>Chapters four and five survey the development of rhythmic cycles (<em>oṣul</em>s) and musical genresbetween the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, with the decline of compositional …
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Becoming Persian Music: A Poststructuralist Approach to Composition
This research embarks upon an innovative exploration of poststructuralist compositional methodologies grounded in Persian musical and linguistic traditions. It undertakes this inquiry within the encompassing ambit of an interdisciplinary framework, intertwining (ethno)musicology, conceptual …