Persian music by Dr. Jean During and Dr. Lloyd Miller

Persian classical music played by ethnomusicologists Dr. Jean During on tar and Dr. Lloyd Miller on zarb at a concert during a scholastic conference at University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

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Music

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• world
• music
• Persia
• Iran
• tar
• zarb
• dastgah
• Jean
• Dring
• Lloyd
• Miller

[worldartsdocmiller]

Both Dr. During and Myself were musicians from an early age and we both separately discovered Persian music and eventually ended up in Tehran in the 1970s. There we worked together to try to save Persian music from destruction by modernization, westernization and from all the ego-oriented show-off non-musicians who had invaded the field. We were both affiliates of Dr. Daryush Safvat's Center for Preservation and Propagation of Iranian Music and lived in Tehran some 7 years. Dr. Lloyd Miller

[worldartsdocmiller]

Read about the unbelievable adventures of Dr. Lloyd Miller traveling and performing through the Middle East and beyond by going to the jazzscope website and clicking on Sufi, Saint & Swinger.

[worldartsdocmiller]

Ma mardoman-e past chetor mitunim musiqi-ye asemani ra besazim? Un musiqi ke khoda be hazrat Davud yad dade va az an zaman sine be sine pas az hazaran sal be dast-e ma reside, hamun ra bepazirim va uno degargun nakonim va hich gune navahaye taze ra nasazim. We must just accept the music God taught David which was passed down over the centuries to a few Persian masters and we must not alter it nor think to be able to 'create' anything from our own inept mundane and imperfect minds. Dr. L Miller

[worldartsdocmiller]

For anyone interested in our CDs and DVDs of Eastern music and dance, please write us at the email on our worldartsdocmiller page. Thanks, Dr. Lloyd Miller

[worldartsdocmiller]

Sevgili arkadaşım, senin tür sözler için teşekkür ederim. Eğer size göndereceğiz adresini verirsen Bizim Farsça ve Türkçe müzik CD ve DVD bulunan vardır. Teşekkürler. Thanks for your kind words. If you give us your address, we will send you our Persian and Turkish CDs and a DVD of Eastern music. Thanks, Dr. Lloyd Miller

[worldartsdocmiller]

Friends, for this type of traditional classical music, there is only one type of dance that is correct and it is not anything like the ugly counterfeit and degrading contemporary styles seen in night clubs, that is haram and should be sternly punished. To see the correct dance forms go to our dance videos or to easterartskstjohn. Dr. Lloyd Miller

[ahmadzamani]

I really appreciate your interest in Iranian music. Thank you!

[BazmAfarin]

@worldartsdocmiller Love your music. It would be hard to resist the temptation to mix western music into Persian music. Fortunately with some dastgahs such as Segah, is almost impermeable to western music and are fairly uninfluenced but many other dastgahs such as Homayoon and Mahoor have been now heavily influenced by Western music in the process of orchestration, harmony and chord structures.

[Matey3]

wow amazing!

well done!

I think the classic Persian music is played more by the heart than by the notes. As it has a deep effect on human heart, it can make you sad because it makes one feel the sense of belonging to and/or longing for the other world. It reminds us where we came from and where we are going to, the presence of God.

thanks for sharing!

[ramblere]

perfect...viva.... I love you

[Sarmasst1]

I can say , I had (HAAL) when I was listening to your performance.

چو از دل بر آید بر دل نشیند

Thank you so much

[amooballer]

this is so fascinating. I want to know what drove these men to learn about the middle-eastern music (Persian specifically)

[amoobooghi]

and if you look at REAL persian music which would have to be the folk music as opposed to ROYAL CLASSICAL, its filled with beautiful rhythms and dances. I would be really happy to hear back from you on this.

Regards,

[amoobooghi]

@worldartsdocmiller

Dear Dr Miller, Thank you so much for all your works specially your jazz fusions, I am a big fan! However, I am confused! referring to one of your comments, Sure I agree with how terrible the new POP Persian music is, but that does not mean anything outside of what you call the "one dance" is Haram! I am sure there are lots of ways to create new music and dance without DESTROYING the essence of music,