According to my informants in Khorasan, the pasdaran (revolutionary guards) organized raids to collect and destroy musical instruments. Playing music was forbidden.
Non-Western music and traditions are very interesting.
Youssefzadeh, Ameneh. "The Situation of Music in Iran since the Revolution: The Role of Official Organizations."
British Journal of Ethnomusicology 9, no. 2 (2000): 35-61.
[Link to JSTOR]
British Journal of Ethnomusicology 9, no. 2 (2000): 35-61.
[Link to JSTOR]
Did you know Iranians don't even have a word equivalent to out word for music. But, for the sake of time, I'm not going to get into it--yet.
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I am an Iranian. Do you mean Iranians don't have a word for music? if you mean so I should mention that in middle persian and present poetic persian the equivalent words for music were/are "Khonya", "Ramesh", and for musician "Khonyagar" and "Rameshgar". In present every day language, "Musiqi" and "Ahang" are the equivalents for music. "Musiqidan" is used for musician. "Navazandeh" is used for a player and "Ahangsaz" is used for a composer.
Thank you for the correction. In my class I was told that there isn't a single word like music that encompasses all the different genres of music like the english word "music" does. I'm sorry for any mistakes I made, or misinformation i gave.
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