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Persian traditional music or Iranian traditional music, also known as Persian classical music or Iranian classical music,[1][2][3] refers to the classical music of Iran (historically known as Persia). It consists of characteristics developed through the country's classical, medieval, and contemporary eras. It also influenced areas and regions that are considered part of Greater Iran.[4]
Due to the exchange of musical science throughout history, many of Iran's classical modes are related to those of its neighboring cultures.
Iran's classical art music continues to function as a spiritual tool, as it has throughout history, and much less of a recreational activity. It belongs, for the most part, to the social elite, as opposed to the folkloric and popular music, in which the society as a whole participates. However, components of Iran's classical music have also been incorporated into folk and pop music compositions.[4]
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- ^ Koen, Benjamin; Lloyd, Jacqueline; Barz, Gregory; Brummel-Smith, Karen (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology. Oxford University Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-19-975626-1.
- ^ Tsuge, Gen'ichi (1991). Āvāz: A Study of the Rhythmic Aspects in Classical Iranian Music. University Microfilms.
- ^ a b "IRAN xi. MUSIC". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XIII. 30 March 2012. pp. 474–480.