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"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." --Back cover.

Music --- Maqām. --- Dastgāh. --- History and criticism. --- Melody --- Music theory --- Musical intervals and scales --- Makam --- Muğam --- Mugham --- Nagham --- ancient persian culture. --- changing notions. --- cultural dissimilarity. --- discontinuity. --- entertainment. --- ethnomusicology. --- historical analysis. --- iran history. --- iran. --- middle eastern music. --- modern musical norms. --- modern phenomenon. --- music making. --- music. --- national history. --- persian art music. --- persian music history. --- political history. --- premodern.