Marble mosaic of Sasanian harpist playing angular harp, c. 260 CE, from the palace of Shapur I in Bishapur.7th century plate depicts Sasanian era musicians. The British Museum.
Sasanian music encompasses the music of the Sasanian Empire, which existed from 224 to 651 CE. Many Sasanian Shahanshahs were enthusiastic supporters of music, including the founder of the empire Ardashir I and Bahram V.[1] In particular, Khosrow II (r. 590–628) was an outstanding patron, his reign being regarded as a golden age of Persian music.[1]
Persian classical music dates to the sixth century BCE; during the time of the Achaemenid Empire (550–331 BCE), music played an important role in prayer and in royal and national events. But Persian music had its zenith during the Sasanian dynasty from 224 until 651 CE.
In this era, many of Persian music's dastgahs and modes were invented, most of them traditionally attributed to Barbad. He employed 30 sounds for music. Naturally he recorded his inspirations and performed them for his audience, since if he did not, he could not play them again.
Dance and chanson were prevalent in court banquets. It said that on several occasions Persian musicians and dancers were given to the court of Chinese emperors by Sassanid kings, implying the high reputation and virtuosity of Persian musicians and dancers in that era. Another important role that music played was in the reception of foreign diplomats and kings from neighbouring countries, such as Byzantine or Hephthalites.
Five centuries after Barbad's death, Farabi made a record of all the musical pieces of his period and described the ancient note recording method.
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support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/) or Sassanid Empire, sometimes referred to as the...
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of Sasanianmusic is better documented than earlier periods and is especially more evident in Avestan texts. By the time of Chosroes II, the Sasanian royal...
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was crucial in laying the foundation for the golden age of subsequent Sasanianmusic. The gōsān (Persian: گوسان) poet-musician minstrels were a central tradition...
century CE) was a Persian poet-musician, lutenist, music theorist and composer of Sasanianmusic. He served as chief minstrel-poet under the Shahanshah...
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musician of Sasanianmusic during the reign of Khosrow II (r. 590–628). Many Shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire were ardent supporters of music, including...
خسرو پرویز, "Khosrow the Victorious"), is considered to be the last great Sasanian king (shah) of Iran, ruling from 590 to 628, with an interruption of one...
Shirin (Persian: شیرین; died 628) was wife of the Sasanian emperor Khosrow II (r. 590–628). In the revolution after the death of Khosrow's father Hormizd...
weakness; the Sasanian army had greatly exhausted itself in the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628. Following the execution of Sasanian shah Khosrow II...
army to prepare for war. The Sasanian period (226–651 CE), however, has left ample evidence of music. This influx of Sasanian records suggests a prominent...
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(Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 Asōristān, Āsūristān) was the name of the Sasanian province of Assyria and Babylonia from 226 to 637. The Parthian name Asōristān...
Parthian and Sasanian Empires), the Maya civilization, Mesopotamia, and Rome (the Roman Republic and Empire). Though extremely diverse, the music of ancient...
the onager [hunter]"), was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) from 420 to 438. The son of the incumbent Sasanian shah Yazdegerd I (r. 399–420), Bahram...
killed their last ruler, Artabanus IV, in 224 AD. Ardashir established the Sasanian Empire, which ruled Iran and much of the Near East until the Muslim conquests...
changes, the early Muslim conquests brought about the collapse of the Sasanian Empire and great territorial losses for the Byzantine Empire. Reasons that...
on Roman sarcophagi, on Sasanian silverware, and in Byzantine manuscripts. Like the Mesopotamians, the Persians connected music to the heavens. Bo Lawergren...
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later become the Eastern Orthodox Church). Having its origins in the pre-Sasanian Mesopotamia, the Church of the East developed its own unique form of Christian...
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