Ostad Mohammad Reza Shajarian & his newly designed intruments
Written by Setar.info
Saturday, 17 July 2010 02:51
On June 7, 2010, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, the iconic figure of Iran's classical music made a presentation of his newly designed intruments at York university's Accolade East building, in Toronto, ON, Canada.
Dotar / Dutar / Dutor
Written by Setar.info
Friday, 26 December 2008 01:24
The Dotar, Dutar or Dutor (literally meaning "two strings" in persian), comes from a family of long-necked lutes, closely related to Setar and Tanbur, and could be found throughout Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, the Middle East and as far as in Eastern Turkistan or Xinjiang, China. In the today Republic of Turkmenistan, the Dutar is considered as a national instrument and is the instrument par excellence of the Bakhshis.
If there are a few artists who have heavily influenced the twentieth century Persian classical music by their work and style, Abolhasan Saba is for sure one of them.
More than fifty years after his death this multi-instrumentalist, composer, researcher and master of Radif (the Persian Classical Repertoire) continues to pour vitality and freshness through his important contributions.
Safī al-Dīn al-Urmawī and the Theory of Music: Al-Risāla al-sharafiyya fī al-nisab al-ta’līfiyya Content, Analysis, and Influences. (see source)
This article analyzes the thoughts on the theory of music of Safi al-Din Urmawi (born ca. 1216 A.D in Urmia died in 1294 A.D.), one of the greatest Persian musicians and scholars.
