Wright: Iran Collection: Sāz o āvāz

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Description: The music is played on the sāz and a small drum naghareh. It was a special performance put on in the musician’s house for me to record. The song is of the style balāl vā bei.
 
Created: 2011-11-08 13:03
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Susan Wright
Keywords: Oral Literature; Oral Tradition; Linguistic Anthropology; Iran; Lur; Folk stories; Music; Rituals; Tribal life; Song;
 
Abstract: Materials collected during field research for a D.Phil (Oxford University) in Iran in 1974 and 1975/6, and during short return visits in 1992, 1995, 1996. Audio recordings include: folk stories, music and songs, rituals, people’s own historical recollections.
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