Frogtoon Music - Genre information for Kurdish-Traditional
Traditionally There Are Three Types Of Kurdish Classical Performers - Storytellers Çîrokbêj Minstrels Stranbêj And Bards Dengbêj . There Was No Specific Music Related To The Kurdish Princely Courts And Instead Music Performed In Night Gatherings Şevbihêrk Is Considered Classical. Several Musical Forms Are Found In This Genre. Many Songs Are Epic In Nature Such As The Popular Lawiks Which Are Heroic Ballads Recounting The Tales Of Kurdish Heroes Such As Saladin. Heyrans Are Love Ballads Usually Expressing The Melancholy Of Separation And Unfulfilled Love. Lawje Is A Form Of Religious Music And Payizoks Are Songs Performed Specifically In Autumn. Love Songs Dance Music Wedding And Other Celebratory Songs Dîlok/narînk And Bend Erotic Poetry And Work Songs Are Also Popular. Musical Instruments Include The Tembûr Tembûr Saz Biziq Bozuk Qernête Duduk And Bilûr Kaval In Northern And Western Kurdistan Şimşal Long Flute Cûzele Kemençe And Def Frame Drum In The South And East. Zirne Wooden Shawm And Dahol Drum Are Found In All Parts Of Kurdistan. The Most Frequently Used Song Form Has Two Verses With Ten Syllable Lines. Kurdish Songs Stran Or Goranî Are Characterized By Their Simple Melodies With A Range Of Only Four Or Five Notes. Contents * 1 History * 2 Kurds Of Iran * 3 Kurds Of Iraq * 4 Kurds Of Syria * 5 Kurdish Music In Lebanon * 6 Academic Studies Of Kurdish Music * 7 References * 8 Further Reading History Historically Kurdish Music Has Very Ancient Roots That Go Back To The Hurrian Period Of Kurdish History. The Hurrians - The Ancestors Of The Modern Kurds - Were An Ancient People That Inhabited Present-Day Kurdistan And Established Several Kingdoms Before Their Aryanization By The Coming Medes. A Hurrian Tablet Dating Back To The 13th Century B.C. Was Discovered In Ugaret It Contains In Its Upper Portion The Text Of A Hurrian Hymn. In The Lower Portion It Contains A Series Of Numbers And Technical Terms That Have Been Interpreted As A Score Rendering The Tune To Which The Hymn Would Have Been Sung. This Is Then The Earliest Known Musical Score In History. Interestingly The Meqam In Which The Hymn Was Composed Corresponds With The Modern Meqam "Kurd". Kurdish Musicians Had A Great Role In The Musical Life Of The Islamic Caliphate. Ziryab Was One Among The Absolutely Greatest Musicians In The Islamic Era. He Brought The Middle Eastern Musical Tradition To Muslim Spain And Trained Local Musicians In His Style. He Also Invented Many Maqams And Musical Forms And Improved The Design Of The 'ûd. Ibrahim Mûsili And Is'haq Mûsili Were Considered Among The Greatest Musicians Of The Abbasid Court. They Wrote Several First-Rate Works On Local Iranic And Mesopotamian Styles. Musicologists Like Safi Al-Din Ûrmawi - The Founder Of The Systematist School Of Music Wright 1978 - And Muhammad Al-Khatib Arbîlî Who Wrote Some Of The Most Seminal Works On Middle Eastern Musicology. Kurds Of Iran In Iran Kurdish Language And Radio Stations Have Generally Been Allowed On An On-And-Off Basis Depending On The Directions Of The Views Taken By The Gorvernment Of The Time Though Music Has Long Been Carefully Scrutinised For Political References. Kurdish Music From Iranian Kurdistan Has A Rather Distinctive Form With Its Ancient Native Instruments Such As The Daff And The Tamboor And With A Shadow Of Iranian Influence Whilst Itself Has Influenced The Music Of Iran In General To A Certain Degree. The Sacred Sufi Music Of The Yarsanî Sect Ahleh Haqq With Its 72 Meqams Is Thought To Be One Of The Most Authentic And Deep-Rooted Musical Traditions In The World. Some Of The Most Famous Classical Musicians Composers And Singers Of The Past Century From This Part Include Hassan Zirak Saqqez 1921 - 1972 Who Performed And Recorded More Than A Thousand Songs Mohammad Mamlê Mahabad 1925 - 1998 Who Was Known For His Heartwarming Voice Abbas Kamandi Sanandaj Aziz Shahrokh Hassan Darzi Seyed Mohammad Safayi Osman Hawrami Najmaddin Gholami Sanandaj And Mazhar Khaleqi Sanandaj . Several Iranian Kurdish Singers And Musisians Have Been Highly Influential In Classical Persian And Iranian Music In General Including Sayed Ali Asghar Kordestani 1882 - 1936 Who Was Allowed To Perform In Kurdish On The Iranian National Radio Shahram Nazeri Kermanshah 1950 - Kayhan Kalhor Kermanshah Mohammad Jalil Andalibi Sanandaj Mojtaba Mirzadeh And Jamshid Andalibi Sanandaj . The Kamkars Baradaran-E Kamkar From The City Of Sanandaj Is A Leading Ensemble In Kurdish Music Today. They Are Internationally Renowned For Their Performance Of Kurdish Folk Music And With Great Dynamism And Innovation. Some Members Of The Group Including Arsalan And Hooshang Kamkar Have Also Worked Individually And Produced Successful Works. The Brothers Have Also Been Leading Persian Performers Working Hand In Hand With A Number Of Very High-Profile Persian Singers In The Classical Genre Like The Most Famous And Renowned Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Along With Whom They Arguably Managed To Stop The Extinction Of The None-Religious Iranian Music After A Ban By The Islamic Government Making Them A Household Name All Over Iran. Nasir Razazî Sanandaj Who Now Resides In Sweden Performs Kurdish Music From All Genres. Ali Akbar Moradi Is The Greatest Master Of The Religious Tembûr Music Of The Yarsan Sect To Which He Belongs. Citation Needed Female Singers Include Nasir Razazi's Late Wife Marziye Fariqi Her Sister Leila Fariqi Who Is Known For Performing Pop-Westernised Songs Fattaneh Validi Sanandaj And Shahin Talabani Sanandaj Who Mainly Performs Classical Folklore. Kurds Of Iraq Until Saddam Hussein Rose To Power Later In The 20th Century Kurds In Iraq Were Allowed To Perform As They Wished So Long As Music Did Not Encroach On Politics. Ali Merdan 1904 - 1981 A Well Known Singer And Composer Arose During This Period. Restrictions On Recording Grew Slowly And Censors Banned Anything With A Hint Of Subversion. A Black Market Flourished And Some Of The Kurds' Most Popular Musicians Were Executed Including Erdewan Zaxolî. Year 1974 Saw A Degree Of Autonomy Being Achieved For The Kurds But It Was Short-Lived. After Siding With Iran During A War Many Kurds Were Murdered With Chemical Weapons By Hussein's Government And The Kurds Became Highly Repressed Until The Gulf War And US Invasion Of Iraq. When The Kurds Restored Their Autonomy In 1991 They Started Rebuilding Their Region. Artists Now Enjoy A Good Support From The Regional Government In Iraqi Kurdistan And Kurdish Artists And Writers Are Encouraged To Move And Work There. Aras Ibrahim-Violinist Built Martyr Karzan's Music Group Tipi Muziki Shehid Karzan In 1981 Which Was The Only Group Who Could Record Revolutionary Songs In The Mountain In The PUK Released Areas Of Kurdistan. The Group Recorded 5 Cassettes And Published Them. In 1990 The Group Participated In The First Festival Of Halabja & Nawroz Arranged By Kurdistan Arts Union In Saqz-Iran With The Famous Coral Of Halabja Which Was About The Chemical Weapon Used Against The Kurds There. Some Members Of The Group Aras Ibrahim Dler Ibrahim Azad Khanaqini Shwan Kaban Idris Issa Rzgar Salari Gitar Twana Sulaiman Hushiar Baba Salam Ahmed Fars Soran Jalal Aziz Aso Kakaiy Hama Jaza Abdulkadir Hasan Siyar Saleem Hakm Farhad Qubad Gorun Ashti Said Jwan Bahar .... Kurdish Singers From Iraqi Kurdistan Had Sometimes The Opportunity Of Performing And Recording With Arab Orchestras Which Is The Reason Why Kurdish Music From This Part Is Somewhat Influenced By Arabian Music. Some Of The Best-Known Classical Musicians Of The Past Generations Here Are Tehsîn Taha Who Was Renowned For His Beautiful Voice Ali Merdan Anwer Karadaghi Karim Kaban Eyaz Yûsif 'Îsa Berwarî Dilovan Saeed Kawîs Axa Shamal Sayib And Composers And Violin Players Anwer Karadaghi Dilşad Said. Kurds Of Syria Despite The Lack Of Any Musical Educational Infrastructure Several Famous Kurdish Musicians Arose From Syria. Gerabêtê Xaço Was A Great Classical Stranbêj Muradê Kinê Miradko Was Another Great Stranbêj And Kemençe Player. Se'îd Yûsif Known As "prince Of The Biziq" Is Acclaimed For His Unparalleled Virtuosity On The Biziq And His Authentic Teqsîms And Beautiful Song Melodies. Mihemed Şêxo Was A Master Of Symbolic Nationalistic Lyrics Who Was Imprisoned Several Times For Expressing His Political Opinion Through His Songs. Some Other Important Figures Are Aram Tîgran Mehmûd Ezîz - Along With His Brother Mihemed Elî Şakir - Faris Bavê Fîras Bangîn Hikmet Cemîl Vocalist Miço Kendes And Biziq Player Ehmedê Çep. Ciwan Haco Has Been Famous In Pop/Westernized Kurdish Music "Şeyda" Is Locally Known For His Love Songs Nizar Is Known For Its Special Texts Music And Poetry. Nȗhat Is Known For His Soul Music. Adnan Babê Hêco Is A Singer Of The Many Articles Written About Love. Kurdish Music In Lebanon Saber Meho Is A Kurdish Singer Who Lives In Lebanon. He Works In Promoting The Kurdish Music And Culture In Lebanon. He Participated In Big Concert With Top Lebanese Singer. He Has Been Interviewed By Lebanese TVs And Radios. His Songs Reflects The Multi Cultural Society In Lebanon. He Works With Armenian Singers And Traditional Lebanese Singers To Promote The Middle Eastern Music Oriental Music . His Songs Have Become Popular In Lebanon In Recent Years. Edit Academic Studies Of Kurdish Music The Earliest Study Of Kurdish Music Was Initiated By An Armenian Priest Vartapet Komitas In 1904. The First Academic Center For Kurdish Music Was Founded In Yerevan Called The Malikian School Of Music Which Studied The Old Dengbêj. Kurdish Academic Cemîlê Celîl Published Two Collections Of Popular Kurdish Songs In 1964 And 1965. In Iraq A Center For Study Of Kurdish Music Was Founded In 1958. An Academic Study Of Kurdish Music Dance And Musical Instruments In Hakkari Was Published By Dr. D. Christensen In 1963. The Music Of Kurdish Jews Has Also Been Studied In The 70s And Published By The Jewish Music Research Centre In Jerusalem. 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