Flowers of Persian Song and Music: Davud Pirniā and the Genesis of the Golhā Programs

Author: Lewisohn, Jane

Source: Journal of Persianate Studies, Volume 1, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 79-101(23)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

This article examines the 'Flowers of Persian Song and Music' (golhā) radio programs broadcast during the third quarter of the 20th century on the Iran National Radio. These programs—some 1,400 of which the author has collected and deposited in the British Library—constitute an unrivalled encyclopaedia of classical Persian music and poetry. The golhā programs introduced to the general public over 250 poets from the ancients to the moderns, and it preserved Persian classical music and fostered its future development. The seminal role played by Dāvud Pirniā in founding and producing these programs is examined and explored, while highlighting the various artists, poets, musicians, vocalists and scholars who performed in them.

Keywords: PERSIAN MUSIC; PERSIAN POETRY; GOLHĀ; SUFISM; IRANIAN RADIO; DĀVUD PIRNIĀ

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187471608784772742

Publication date: 2008-06-01