Music of a Thousand Years

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org . Iran’s particular system of traditional Persian art music has been long treated as the product of an ever-evolving, ancient Persian culture. In  Music of a Thousand Years,  Ann E. Lucas argues that this music is a modern phenomenon indelibly tied to changing notions of Iran’s national history. Rather than considering a single Persian music history, Lucas demonstrates cultural dissimilarity and dis