Dates
- Creation: 1968 - 2006
Language of Materials
Materials are in Persian [Farsi], Khorasani Turkish [Torki], and Kurmanji Kurdish.
Conditions Governing Access
None
Extent
1 collection (Sound recordings: 54 audio tape reels (acetate, recorded at 7-1/2 or 3-1/4 ips); 22 analog audio cassettes; 2 books)Physical Location
Harvard Depository
General note
A bakhshī normally sings in Khorasani Turkish, Kurmanji Kurdish, and (less often) Persian, accompanying himself on the dotār, a long-necked lute with two strings. The language of each performance is indicated.
General note
Performances by five bakhshīs are included in this section: Hosein Safā’i, Hosein Na’imi, Hasan Yazdāni, Mokhtār Zambilbāf Esfarayeini and ‘Abdul Rasul.
Repository Details
Part of the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library Repository
The Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library is the primary repository of musical materials at Harvard. The Music Library’s collecting mission is to serve music teaching and research programs in the Music Department and throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In addition, it supports the musical needs of the broader Harvard community as well as an international scholarly constituency. We collect books, musical scores, serial titles, sound recordings and video formats, microforms, and rare and archival materials that support research in a wide variety of musical disciplines including historical musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, composition, and historically informed performance practice, as well as interdisciplinary areas related to music. The special collections include archival collections from the 19th, 20th and 21st century.
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