Lucas, Ann E. <br/><br/>
Music of a Thousand Years :  A New History of Persian Musical Traditions. 

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<br/><br/> A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Iran's particular system of traditional Persian art music has been long treated as the product of an ever-evolving, ancient Persian culture. In&#xA0;Music of a Thousand Years,&#xA0;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,&#xA0;Music of a Thousand Years&#xA0;is the first work to align understandings of Middle Eastern music history with current understandings of the region's political history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520972032 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>780.955