Topics on Persian Music and Poetry

 

·        Presentations at Stevens Humanities Forum:

Persian Poetry – from classical to modern

Presentation on April 13, 2005

 

Persian Music: history, structure, and samples

Presentation on April 26, 2006

Sample 1Charmezrab, santoor and tombak (P. Kamkar) – 1’ 58’’

Sample 2 - Reng in dashti, ney and tombak (M. Omoumi) – 1’49”

Sample 3 - Naghmeh in segah, santoor, kamancheh, and tombak – 2’30”

Sample 4Tasnif (M.R. Shajarian), tar, santoor, kamancheh, daf, and tombak4’27’’

 

Hakeem Omar Khayyam: Philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and poet

Presentation on September 12, 2007

 

·        Articles:

Persian Poetry: an Introduction

Khayyam - scientist

Planets in Persian poetry

Hafez on hypocrisy

Gypsies or Loulian

Music in poetry