Music Making in Iran from the 15th to the Early 20th Century
List of IllustrationsList of TablesNote on Transliteration and TranslationAcknowledgementsPreface Part I Historical and Social Contexts 1 Centres of Musical Patronage between the Fifteenth and Eighteenth Centuries 2 Courtesans and Concubines in Early Modern Iran 3 Musical Life in the Nineteenth Century Part II Music Theories and Practices 4 The Modal System 5 Rhythm 6 Musical Genres Appendix 1: The Systematist Texts Appendix 2: The Non-Sytematist Texts Appendix 3: An Account of the Modal System and Rhythmic Cycles in Non-Systematist Treatises Glossary Work Cited Index.