Balkanilaisen musiikin segâh-pohjaisten moodien analyysimallit

the ghazal-khâni and its place in iranian musical culture

ghazal-khâni, known in the official milieu as kuchebâghi, is a form of free-metered song using poems from the oral tradition, and sometimes even classical poems, sung especially in tehran and the city of rey by amateur singers who belong, in most cases, to a particular socio-cultural class. the place of this vocal genre in official iranian culture is influenced by the status of its singers, who...