Avaz (music)

Avaz, or Awaz (Persian: آواز) is an unmetered vocal section of a mode in Persian music.

In the years 1965 and 1966, Mahmud Karimi (maestro of Persian vocal music) performed the whole Avazs which were recorded and transcribed by Mohammad-Taghi Massoudieh. This version was published in 1997 in Tehran.

References

  • Massoudeih, M. T. (1997). Radīf-i āvāzī-ye mūsīqī-ye sonnatī-ye Īrān. Persian Music Association, Tehran. .
  • Miller, Lloyd (1999). Music and Song in Persia: the Art of Avaz. London: Curzon Press. ISBN 9780700706648.


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