Abstract:
Ethno-musicology is an academic field encompassing various approaches to the study of music that emphasize its cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts instead of its isolated ‘sound’ component or any particular repertoire. The term ‘Ethno-musicology’ became common in1950, although the emergence of the field can be traced back to the late nineteenth century. Anthropological study of folk music of Gilan province, in Iran with regards to its richness and long history is the subject of this paper. Folk music of Gilan is a part of folklore since it represents the type of thoughts, feelings and behavior of Gilanian People. Nowadays, some Gilani music is on the verge of ‘getting forgotten’ The problem is not only the loss of a kind of music but it is feared that this change will cause another change in thinking and behavior, Therefore, the task is to identify, document and analyze Gilani folk music. In this paper, Informal interview and participant observations comprise the methods of data collection. Functional theory has been used for analysis.
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Anthropological Study of Folk Music in Gilan Province in Iran (Instrumental Music) Yaghoub Sharbatian1 Ph. D.
Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Iran, Gilan Province, functional theory, instrumental music Introduction Ethno-musicology is an academic field encompassing various approaches to the study of music that emphasize its cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts instead of its isolated ‘sound’ component or any particular repertoire.
Anthropological study of folk music of Gilan province, in Iran with regards to its richness and long history is the subject of this paper.
Anthropological study of folk music of Gilan province, in Iran with regards to its richness and long history is the subject of this paper.
Folk musical instruments of Gilan are as follows: Dohol (Timbale -kettledrum): It is a big drum; the diameter of its circle is about 1 meter and a height of 30 cm.
Dayereh is usually a musical instrument in happy ceremony in Gilan, but a bigger type of Dayereh known as Daf is usually used in religious ceremony of Darwishes in Khanqah as well.
This musical instrument is just used in ritual ceremonies having to other usages in Gilan at the present time.
In comparison with other Gilani musical instruments, Nei has a very special place in public culture of people.
In those ‘Naghareh-Khana’, musical instruments such as Karna (Clarion) and Sorna were also played.
Accordingly, it is quite obvious that this issue has changed and removed some of the components of Gilan Folklore music has had negative effects on cultural body of the under study society.