Qmars Piraglu interviewed by Peter Parkhill [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4833905
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Piraglu, Qmars, 1960-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2010
- 5 sound files (ca. 180 min.)
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Qmars Piraglu talks about his upbringing in Teheran, Iran; his parents and his siblings; religion; libraries; special project for young people in Iran; music classes; Orff Schulwerk (Orff Approach); santur (Persian hammer dulcimer); his first teachers; joining Faramaz Payvar as student; learning the Radif (the tradition of Persian art music and it's modal system); playing styles: wrist/fingers; use of western notation; modes: gushe ha, dastgah system (modal systems, lesser and greater); reliance on notation; notation as mnemonic; Islamic Revolution of Iran; entering master/student relationship with Faramaz Payvar; duty to pass on tradition (Radif), as musician; the student duties in the household; integration of music, culture and history; studying piano; learning the bassoon in Austria; concerts in Iran; the difficulties he faced in Iran as a musician; studying and performing music in Europe; his Master of Arts thesis at Melbourne University; Western art vs. Islamic art; the difference between ethnomusicological method and traditional musicology; Arabic musical traditions; his PhD thesis - unchangeable features of Western notation; Persian and Arabic modes; interpretation of musical traditions; performances within the Iranian community in Melbourne; women and music; his plans for the future. Qmars Piraglu plays the santur, and gives explanations and analysis of his recorded performances.
- Partial contents:
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- Session 3: Rehearsal for Session 5
- Session 4: Qmars Piraglu, santur music: example of Dastgah Schur: the Daramad
- Faramarz Payvar's interpretation of the Daramad of Schur
- Qmars Piraglu's interpretation
- Mixture of material drawn from notation and improvisation
- Demonstration of Gusheh(s) in Daramad
- Faramarz Payvar's version
- Piece in Dashtir beginning on 'D' tonality
- Bayate Tork following from 'D' tonality in Dashtir
- Returning to Shur via 'D' koron (half flat)
- Chahar mezrab (metered section) in Daastgah Schur
- Payvar's Chahar mezrab in Shur
- Improvisation on new patterns
- Incorporating Gusheh-ha in Dastgah Schur
- Dastgah Schur, as interpreted by Qmars Piraglu
- Demonstration of modulation
- Shahnaz
- Gusheh
- Moving towards Hosseini as climax of Dastgah Schur
- First Daramad
- Second Daramad
- Payvar's Chahar mezrab
- Reng of Afshari, composed by Faramarz Payvar
- Session 5: Demonstration of tuning narrated by Qmars Piraglu
- Dastgah-ha
- Pishdaramad, composed by Faramarz Payvar
- Modulation to gusheh
- Modulation to gusheh
- Modulation to gusheh
- Modulation to gusheh
- Chaharmezrab
- [Improvised section]
- Reng (metered section) of Homayun, composed by Faramarz Payvar
- Dastgah Esfahan, first daramad
- Chaharmezrab, composed by Faramarz Payvar.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 4 May 2010 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (7 p.)
- Subject:
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- Piraglu, Qmars, 1960- -- Interviews
- Piraglu, Qmars, 1960- -- Performances
- Iranians -- Australia -- Interviews
- Iranians -- Australia -- Performances
- Musicians, Iranian -- Australia -- Interviews
- Musicians, Iranian -- Australia -- Performances
- Composers -- Iran -- Interviews
- Santūr music
- Islamic music
- Music -- Religious aspects -- Islam
- Iran -- History
- Iran -- Social conditions
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Parkhill, Peter, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2080 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Creation date:
- 2010
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