Menu of Music Samples
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Encyclopaedia Iranica Entry |
‘Āref – Namidānam |
ʿĀREF QAZVĪNĪ DAWĀMĪ, ʿABD-ALLĀH TASNIF |
ʿĀšeq Jonun – Köroğlu |
ʿĀŠEQ ʿĀŠEQ HAWĀSĪ KÖROĞLU II. PERFORMANCE ASPECTS |
ʿErāq, Nahib, Moḥāyyer, Ašur-āvand, Esfahānak, Ḥazin, Kerešma, Zangule |
ʿERĀQ BORUMAND, NUR ʿALI KEREŠMA |
Abbās Khāni - Navā |
‘AZĀDĀRI ‘ĀŠURA DASTA TA‘ZIA |
Abu ‘Atā |
ABU ‘ATĀ QAWĀMI, HOSAYN |
Afšāri |
AFŠĀRĪ NEY-DĀWUD, Morteżā |
Agar ān tork-e Širāzi |
HAFEZ ix. HAFEZ AND MUSIC |
Alimardan Khān |
BAḴTĪĀRĪ TRIBE i. Ethnography EPICS |
Amiri-e kutāh o boland o Ṭālebā |
AMIR PAZVĀRI |
Āqor haley |
DANCE iii. Modern Persian Dance |
Armenian Šuštari |
BĀLĀBĀN |
Āvāz-e Dašti |
ADIB ḴᵛĀNSARI DAŠTI |
Āvāz-e Dašti |
DAŠTĪ MAḤJUBI, MORTEŻĀ PIANO IN PERSIAN MUSIC |
Bahrām Yašt |
YAŠTS |
Baluchistan Dekr |
BALUCHISTAN iv. Music of Baluchistan ḎEKR (1) |
Bandbāz |
VAZIRI, ʿALI-NAQI |
Banān - Kasi ke dar sar-e u |
BANĀN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN SĀZ O ĀVĀZ |
Bastanegār |
BASTENEGĀR ČAHĀRGĀH HOSAYNQOLI, ĀQĀ ŠAHNĀZI, ‘ALI AKBAR |
Battle Between Rostam and Sohrāb, The |
FERDOWSI, ABU'L-QĀSEM i. LIFE ZUR-ḴĀNA |
Bayt Mahmud Kolāhpizah |
BAYT |
Bayāt-e Kord |
BAYĀT-E KORD ḤOSAYNQOLI, ĀQĀ ŠAHNĀZI, ‘ALI AKBAR |
Bayāt-e Tork |
BAYĀT-E TORK JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES OF IRAN xi. MUSIC (2) Jewish Contribution |
Bayāt-e Tork 2 |
BAYĀT-E TORK HORMOZI, SAʿID |
Baḵtīārī karnā |
BAḴTĪĀRĪ TRIBE i. Ethnography KARNĀ |
Bidād |
BIDĀD HOMĀYUN |
Borumand - Daramads of šur |
BORŪMAND, NŪR-ʿALĪ DASTGĀH DARĀMAD |
Bozorg |
BAYĀT-E KORD BOZORG |
Čahār pāra |
ABŪ ʿAṬĀ ĀVĀZ HĀTEF, SAYYED AḤMAD EṢFAHĀNI |
Chahārgāh |
AZERBAIJAN xi. MUSIC OF AZERBAIJAN ČAHĀRGĀH FOŻŪLĪ, MOḤAMMAD |
Čahārmezrāb-e Homāyun |
ČAHĀRMEŻRĀB HOMĀYUN |
Čahāršamba-suri |
ČAHĀRŠAMBA-SURI |
Čakāvak |
ČAKĀVAK II HOMĀYUN |
Čol Iroq |
CENTRAL ASIA xvi. Music |
Čub-bāzi |
ČUB-BĀZI DANCE |
Dād |
DĀD (2) |
Darviš Khān – Pishdarāmad |
DARVĪŠ KHAN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN PISHDARĀMAD |
Dastgāh-e Māhur |
DĀR AL-FONUN PIANO IN PERSIAN MUSIC |
Dastgāh-e Čahārgāh |
ČAHĀRGĀH PIANO IN PERSIAN MUSIC ẒELLI, REZĀQOLI MIRZĀ |
Dašti |
DAŠTĪ FORUTĀN, YŪSOF |
Delkaš (1) |
DELKAŠ (2) |
Delkaš (2) |
DELKAŠ (2) BORUMAND, NUR ‘ALI |
Denaseri |
BORUMAND, NUR ʿALI FORUD HOMĀYUN |
Deylamān |
ṢABĀ, ABU’l-ḤASAN |
Divāna šo |
RUMI, JALĀL-AL-DIN viii. Rumi’s teachings |
Ebrāhīm b. Adham |
‘ATTĀR EBRĀHĪM B. ADHAM |
Ebādī Aḥmad |
ʿEBĀDĪ, AḤMAD |
Eqbāl Āḏar, Abu’l Ḥasan Khan Qazvīnī |
ABŪ ʿAṬĀ EQBĀL ĀḎAR, ABU’L-ḤASAN KHAN QAZVĪNĪ |
Eydetun mobārak |
NOWRUZ ii. In the Islamic period |
Fadāye Roḳsār - Dekr Qāderieh |
DAF(F) AND DĀYERA ḎEKR |
Falak-e Matam |
CENTRAL ASIA xvi. Music DAF (F) AND DAYRA |
Gurughli |
KÖROĞLU II. PERFORMANCE ASPECTS |
Hāji Firuzi |
ḤĀJI FIRUZ LUṬI |
Hālā čerā? |
BANĀN KĀLEQI, RUH-ALLĀH SHAHRYAR, MOḤAMMAD ḤOSAYN |
Ḥanā bandān in Kermān |
HENNA |
Harāy-āhang-e bolbol |
BOLBOL DĀSTĀN-SARĀ’I DOTĀR |
Ḥazin |
AFŠĀRĪ Ḥazin JĀMI |
Hejāz |
ABŪ ʿAṬĀ HAFEZ ix. HAFEZ AND MUSIC ḤEJĀZ |
Hejāz, Bastenegār, Yaquluna, Čāhārpāre |
ABŪ ʿAṬĀ BORUMAND, NUR ʿALI ḤEJĀZ |
Ḥeṣār - part 1 |
BORUMAND, NUR ‘ALI ČAHĀRGĀH |
Ḥeṣār - part 2 |
ČAHĀRGĀH ḤEṢĀR (2) JĀMI |
Ḥeṣār - part 3 |
ḤEṢĀR |
Heydar Bābā |
SHAHRYAR, MOHAMMAD HOSAYN |
Hormozi Saʿid |
ĀVĀZ-E AFŠĀRI HORMOZI, SAʿID |
Hosayn Khān - Segāh |
ḤOSAYN KHAN KAMĀNČAKAŠ KAMĀNČA |
Hosaynqoli - Shur |
DASTGĀH ḤOSAYNQOLI, ĀQĀ |
Ḥosayni (1) |
ḤOSAYNI (1) |
Ḥosayni (2) |
ḤOSAYNI (2) ḤOSAYNQOLI, ĀQĀ ŠAHNĀZI , ‘ALI AKBAR |
Hosaynqoli – Hajiani |
DAŠTĪ ḤĀJIĀNI ḤOSAYNQOLI, ĀQĀ |
Hymn of Fozieh |
MINBĀŠIĀN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSEYN PIANO IN PERSIAN MUSIC |
Ilāri |
DĀSTĀN-SARĀ’I DOTĀR EPICS TURKMENS OF PERSIA ii. LANGUAGE |
Iranian National March |
MINBĀŠIĀN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSEYN PIANO IN PERSIAN MUSIC |
Jangnāme |
BUŠEHR i. The city EPICS |
Kādem Misāq, Hymn of Motherland (sorud-e mihan) |
ḴĀDEM MIṮĀQ PIANO IN PERSIAN MUSIC |
Kāleqi, Ey Irān |
BANĀN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN EY IRĀN GOLHĀ, BARNĀMA-YE ḴĀLEQI, RUḤ-ALLĀH |
Kāleqi, Mey-e nāb |
BANĀN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN HAFEZ ix. HAFEZ AND MUSIC GOLHĀ, BARNĀMA-YE ḴĀLEQI, RUḤ-ALLĀH |
Kara Bašimuna Nana |
GĪLĀN i. GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOGRAPHY |
Ḵorasan - Dekr Hāji Majnun Šāh |
ḎEKR (2) DOTĀR |
Köroğlu |
BORUMAND, NUR ‘ALI KÖROĞLU II. PERFORMANCE ASPECTS |
Köroğlu |
DOTĀR EPICS KÖROĞLU ii. PERFORMANCE ASPECTS |
Köroğlu Story, The: an Excerpt |
KÖROĞLU ii. PERFORMANCE ASPECTS EPICS |
Marsiye Ḵāni |
ʿAZĀDĀRĪ |
Mirqambar |
BALUCHISTAN iiia. Balochi Poetry BALUCHISTAN iv. Music of Baluchistan EPICS |
Mowlūd Ḵāni in Mināb |
FESTIVALS iii, SHI’ITE |
Nakisā va Bārbad |
BĀRBAD ELĀHĪ iii. Music |
Newroz |
NOWRUZ ii. In the Islamic period |
Neydāwud – Māhur |
NEY-DĀWUD, Morteżā |
Nowhe Zeynab |
‘AZĀDĀRI (2) ‘ĀŠURA BUŠEHR ii. Music of Būšehr DASTA |
Nowhe of Men's Mourning |
‘AZĀDĀRI (1) ‘ĀŠURA BUŠEHR ii. Music of Būšehr DASTA |
Nowruze-ḵuni |
NOWRUZ ii. In the Islamic period |
Pišrow in Bayāte Tork |
IQĀ’ |
Prayer at the end of work |
GĪLĀN i. GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOGRAPHY |
Qamar al-Moluk - Magar nasim-e sahar |
ABŪ ʿAṬĀ DAWĀMĪ, ʿABD-ALLĀH QAMAR-AL-MOLUK VAZIRI |
Qašqā’i |
QAŠQĀʾI TRIBAL CONFEDERACY ii. LANGUAGE |
Qāri Navā’i |
CENTRAL ASIA xvi. Music DOTĀR |
Raqs: Dozale va Tombak |
DOZĀLA |
Reng Çāhārgāh |
TAR |
Sabā, Zard-e Malijeh |
ṢABĀ, ABU’l-ḤASAN |
Šāh-nāma |
FERDOWSI, ABU'L-QĀSEM i. LIFE |
Šahnāz |
AZERBAIJAN xi. Music of Azerbaijan |
Sanandaj – Dekr Qāderieh |
ḎEKR (3) DOTĀR |
Sāqi-nāme in Dastgāh Māhur |
ĀVĀZ |
Segāh Yatim |
AZERBAIJAN xi. Music of Azerbaijan |
Šeyḵ Amiri Suite |
ELĀHĪ iii. Music |
Šeyḵāni-Asuri |
DANCE iii. Modern Persian Dance |
Shaydā - az ğam-e ‘ešq-e to |
DAWĀMĪ, ʿABD-ALLĀH ŠEYDĀ TASNIF |
Simorğ |
BALUCHISTAN iv. Music of Baluchistan |
Song in praise of opium |
LUṬI |
Song of carpet-weaving |
BAḴTĪĀRĪ TRIBE iii. Baḵtīārī Carpets |
Ta‘zia of Qazvin |
‘AZĀDĀRI TA‘ZIA |
Tajnis |
‘ĀŠEQ ‘ĀŠEQ HAWĀSI BĀLĀBĀN GĀVĀL |
Tarz-e Yari |
AHL-E HAQQ KURDISTAN XI. MUSIC II. |
Tasnif (balākeš) – Dastgāh šur |
BANĀN, ḠOLĀM-ḤOSAYN |
Tasnif-e Mobtalā |
BĀBĀ ṬĀHER ʿORYĀN |
Tork čašmaš ar jānam fetne karde rāst |
ABŪ ʿAṬĀ ḤEJĀZ |
Vāsunak |
‘ARUSI |
Yom le’yom |
JUDEO-PERSIAN COMMUNITIES xi. MUSIC |
Zār Songs: Vorāra, Yo mama |
ZĀR |
Žimnāstik muzikāl |
VAZIRI, ʿAli-Naqi |
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Originally Published: December 2, 2014
Last Updated: March 7, 2016
Cite this entry:
EIr, “Menu of Music Samples,” Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2016, available at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/sample-music-menu (accessed on 07 March 2016).