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	Badakhshan Summary
		Badakhshan is a mountainous region divided between northeastern Afghanistan and the republic of Tajikistan.
		Badakhshan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
		The Kokcha river traverses Badakhshan from southeast to northwest, and, with the Kunduz, drains all the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush west of the Dorah pass.
	www.bookrags.com /Badakhshan (1430 words)

	Music in Afghanistan before the war
		The music is based on the rags (melodic modes) and tals (metrical cycles) of the Indian music, but has some distinct features, notably the repetitive use of fast instrumental sections interpolated between units of text; a characteristic which can be linked to Pashtun music.
		The original music of mixed :Pashtun-Tajik areas near Kabul (such as Parwan) provided the models on which the new popular music broadcast by the radio station was built, bringing together Dari (Afghan Persians) or Pashto texts, the Pasthun musical style, and northern Indian theory and terminology.
		The development of Afghan popular music took place with the assistance of master musicians (Ustads), descendants of Indian's court musicians, whose knowledge of Indian music theory and terminology and high standards of performance were important for organizing small ensembles and large orchestras at the radio station.
	www.mikalina.com /Texts/music-afghanistan.htm (2123 words)

	Badakhshan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Badakhshan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan.
		The dialects spoken in Tajikistani Badakhshan belong to the eastern branch of the Afghan languages.
		The Kokcha river traverses Badakhshan from southeast to northwest, and, with the Kunduz, drains all the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush west of the Dorah pass.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Badakhshan (1149 words)

	Informat.io on Badakhshan
		Badakhshan is a region comprising parts of northeastern Afghanistan and of Tajikistan.
		The dialects spoken in Tajikistani Badakhshan belong to the eastern branch of the Iranian languages.
		Its boundaries were decided by the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1873, which expressly acknowledged "Badakhshan with its dependent district Wakhan" as "fully belonging to the amir of Kabul," and limited it to the left or southern bank of the Oxus.
	www.informat.io /?title=badakhshan (1035 words)

	MUSIC
		The joza is used to accompany urban classical music (al maqam al ‘iraqi) as part of the local traditional ensemble, al chalghi al baghdadi.
		The older type did not immediately disappear, however; the Arab Music Congress at Cairo in 1932 noted the existence of two types, the newer marked by the use of small brass levers on the (player’s) left of the case close to the pegbox.
		Fixed-pitch chordophones were not formerly prominent in Indian court music because of the stylistic importance of voice-derived portamento (mir), but Sharma introduced a virtuoso stick-technique which re-creates the sound of vocal portamento through timing and tremolo.
	www.cacac.org /arabic_music_instruments.htm (11241 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Music of Khorezm explores the diverse traditional sounds of one of Central Asia's ancient cultural regions.
		Epic tales, spirtual songs, women's music, classical maqam and festive dance tunes are performed by master musicians as well as talented younger performers.
		Illustrating his song in a highly realistic manner by interjections and imitations of sounds, the bard is accompanied on the lute and viol.
	intangiblenet.freenet.uz /ru/proj/collect.htm (131 words)

	Music Of Badakhshan
		Lute s are an extremely important part of Pamiri music, especially the three-stringed shortneck lute played with a wooden plectrum ; this is called the ''rubab-i pamiri''.
		Other instruments include the nay, a kind of flute, and the ghijak-i pamiri, a spiked fiddle; the circular frame drum daf is also common, as is the accordion, brought by Russia ns.
		Pamiri music has a characteristic throaty, nasal sound which is a distinguishing characteristic of the area's vocal style.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/music_of_badakhshan (140 words)

	Badakhshan - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Badhakshan's most distinctive feature is the Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor), a long narrow panhandle that passes between Tajikistan in the north and Pakistan in the south, linking Afghanistan with the Xinjiang region in China.
		Badakhshan was once part of the ancient Greek kingdom of Bactria.
		The End of Taqiyya: Reaffirming the Religious Identity of Ismailis in Shughnan, Badakhshan - Political Implications for Afghanistan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-badakhsha1fg.html (270 words)

	Music of Central Asia Summary
		Central Asian music, that is, the music of the former Soviet states of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan, is based on the interaction of nomadic and sedentary cultures and on the blending of the region's Persian and Turkic cultures and languages.
		Music is found in the chants (zikr) and sometimes in the instrumental music of Sufi ceremonies.
		The music of Central Asia is as vast and unique as the many cultures and peoples who inhabit the region.
	www.bookrags.com /Music_of_Central_Asia (1137 words)

	Music of Xinjiang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Afghanistan - Badakhshan - Buryatia - Gansu - Inner Mongolia - Kazakhstan - Khakassia - Kyrgyzstan - Mongolia - Qinghai - Tajikistan - Tibet - Turkmenistan - Tuva - Uzbekistan -
		The Uyghurs' best-known musical form is the On Ikki Muqam, a complex suite of twelve sections related to Uzbek and Tajik forms.
		The rawap, tanbur and dutar are three very important instruments in Uyghur music; they are all strings and are respectively high-, middle- and low-pitched.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uyghur_music (505 words)

	Music of Badakhshan information information - Search.com
		Badakhshan is a region of Tajikistan and Afghanistan with a unique musical heritage, especially that of the remote Pamiri Ismailis.
		Badakhshan's unique folk scene is said to be characteristed by the use of many chromatized tones (especially in falak) in a narrow melodic range, and the use of a characteristic minor-like scale [1].
		Other instruments include the nay, a kind of flute, and the ghijak-i pamiri, a spiked fiddle; the circular frame drum daf is also common, as is the accordion, brought by Russians.
	search.com.com /reference/Music_of_Badakhshan (184 words)

	Velkommen til Ultima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hurel, perhaps Grisey’s most imporatnt musical inheritor, has, in addition to this programme’s premiere, also composed a flute concerto to be premiered by the Bénoit Fromanger and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday 15 October during the Ultima Festival.
		Music in Central Asia spans two great axes of Eurasian civilization, the nomadic and the sedentary, which have existed for millennia in an intricate cultural and commercial symbiosis.
		The Music Initiative helps preserve Central Asia’s endangered musical heritage by ensuring its transmission to a new generation of artists and audiences, both inside the region and beyond its borders.
	www.ultima.no /Sider/Performers_171004.html (785 words)

	Central Asian and Caucasian Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Music of the Dancing Boys: Music of the Sultans, Sufis and Seraglio vol.
		Sultan Composers: Music of the Sultans, Sufis and Seraglio vol.
		The Islamic Music of the Sect of Bektasi: Hymns of the Sacred Koran
	www.library.georgetown.edu /dept/collect/lists/central_asian_music.htm (1476 words)

	OhioLINK ETD: Koen, Benjamin
		In the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan, the preeminent vocal and instrumental genre of devotional music is known as maddah.
		Evidence from my research suggests that the integration of music and prayer is potentially the most efficacious parameter of the music-prayer dynamics model.
		Musical and poetic analysis draws on local, power-laden cultural symbols and metaphors, as well as concepts of embodiment and emplacement to explore how bodily response, belief and cognitive flexibility work together for cure and prevention.
	rave.ohiolink.edu /etdc/view?acc_num=osu1059673277 (381 words)

	Music of Badakhshan at AllExperts
		Badakhshan is a region of Tajikistan and Afghanistan with a unique musical heritage, especially that of the remote Pamiri Ismailis.
		Badakhshan's unique folk scene is said to be characteristed by the use of many chromatized tones (especially in falak) in a narrow melodic range, and the use of a characteristic minor-like scale [1].
		Pamiri music has a characteristic throaty, nasal sound which is a distinguishing characteristic of the area's vocal style.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mu/music_of_badakhshan.htm (247 words)

	OhioLINK ETD: Koen, Benjamin
		In the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan, the preeminent vocal and instrumental genre of devotional music is known as maddah.
		Evidence from my research suggests that the integration of music and prayer is potentially the most efficacious parameter of the music-prayer dynamics model.
		Musical and poetic analysis draws on local, power-laden cultural symbols and metaphors, as well as concepts of embodiment and emplacement to explore how bodily response, belief and cognitive flexibility work together for cure and prevention.
	www.ohiolink.edu /etd/view.cgi?acc_num=osu1059673277 (381 words)

	VIA KABOUL : Music of Central Asia
		In the southeast of Tajikistan, where the majestic Pamir Mountains reach heights only slightly lower than those of the Himalayas, local traditions of devotional song, mystical music, and dance have flourished among mountain-dwelling Pamiri peoples, many of whom are Isma’ili Muslims.
		The Isma’ilis, whose spiritual leader, or imam, is His Highness the Aga Khan, have cultivated distinct cultural and religious practices that, combined with Badakhshan’s rugged geography, have nourished the preservation of many aspects of traditional culture.
		For Badakhshanis, music and dance are intimately linked, and Sahiba, an outstanding dancer as well as one of Badakhshan’s finest female vocalists, illustrates the rich symbolism of Pamiri dance.
	www.viakaboul.com /artist_page.php?artist_id=27 (220 words)

	Musicas Del Mundo - Tu cita con las musicas del mundo
		Aqnazar resides in the town of Khorog in Badakhshan, an autonomous, remote region of Tajikistan bordering Afghanistan and China.
		He is the region's greatest vocalist for both sacred and popular repertoires, accompanying himself on string instruments, keyboards, or drums according to the genre of music he is singing.
		While Aqnazar is not a qawwal, his music traditions are closely linked to ancient musical traditions of Persia that later became associated with Sufism and mystical Islamic music.
	www.musicasdelmundo.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=1752 (600 words)

	Music of Tajikistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The classical music is shashmaqam, which is very similar to Uzbek music [1].
		Southern Tajikistan has a distinctive form of folk music called falak, which is played at celebrations for weddings, circumcisions and other occasions.
		Traditional Tajik wedding music is played by sozanda, professional musicians, mostly female, who are part of ensembles called the dasta [2].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Tajikistan (340 words)

	Music Initiative in Central Asia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As part of their mission of promoting musical transmission, tradition-bearer centres work to develop new materials and methodologies for teaching traditional music, involve students in ethnographic documentation of local traditions, and work toward building appreciation of authentic traditional music among audiences in Central Asia.
		His students excel as performers of epic poetry and music, and are equally adept at electronically transcribing epic texts from handwritten notebooks kept by old masters, and using computers to de-noise old recordings.
		Abduvali Abdurashidov, a leading music scholar and celebrated performer of Tajik-Uzbek classical music (Shashmaqam) is founder of the Navo Centre of Music and Poetry and director of the AKMICA-sponsored Academy of Shashmaqam in Dushanbe.
	www.akdn.org /Music/Musicin.htm (2519 words)

	The Institute of Ismaili Studies - The Music of Tajik Badakhshan
		To record music in the Pamir Mountains was by no means easy in view of the harsh geographical conditions, the absence of electricity in the remote villages, and the economic and political crisis during our trips.
		In spite of all their musical instruments, the most important medium for expressing the real meaning of Pamiri music is the human voice, which is characterised by a throaty and nasal sound.
		A specific feature of Badakhshan music is the use of a minor-like scale, with a minor second between the fast and second step of the scale, and an augmented second between the second and third step.
	www.iis.ac.uk /view_article.asp?ContentID=101073 (1558 words)

	popular music: Unesco (hispano-chilean traditional mesopotamia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Music of the Province of the Blue Nile
		Musicians of Prui Peliatan Palace: Court Music and Banjar Music
		Anthology of Traditional Music: Viet Nam - Tradition of the South
	www.very-clever.com /music/label-Unesco (234 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Central Asian music, Part III: The music culture of Tajikistan.
		Minstrel poetry from the Pamir Mountains; A study of the songs and poems of the Ismâ'îlîs of Tajik, Badakhshan.
		'The performance of poetry and music by the Ismâ'îlî people of Badaxshân: An example of Madâh from the Shâhdara-Valley', Persica XV [1993-1995, published in 1997]: 49-76.
	www.iias.nl /oideion/journal/issue02/belle/referenc.html (157 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Aqnazar resides in the town of Khorog in Badakhshan, an autonomous, remote region of Tajikistan bordering Afghanistan and China.
		He is the region's greatest vocalist for both sacred and popular repertoires, accompanying himself on string instruments, keyboards, or drums according to the genre of music he is singing.
		While Aqnazar is not a qawwal, his music traditions are closely linked to ancient musical traditions of Persia that later became associated with Sufism and mystical Islamic music.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=1752 (608 words)

	Manifold Identities: Studies on Music and Minorities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The ICTM Study Group 'Music and Minorities' was founded officially in 1997 and is thus one of the youngest Study Groups within the ICTM.
		The volume 'Manifold Identities: Studies on Music and Minorities' is a collection of the papers of the second Study Group meeting, which was held in Lublin/Poland, August 25-31, 2002.
		Chapters are included on music from Badakhshan, the Roma, the Arvanites of Greece, Albania, Poland, Carpathia, the Belorussians of Poland, Slovakia, France, Germany, Turkey, Croatia, the Sorbians, the Masai, the Andes, Venezuela, the Jews of Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Sicily, Azerbaijan, and elsewhere.
	www.cambridgescholarspress.com /Flyers/Manifold-Identities--Studies-on-Music-and-Minorities.htm (248 words)

	Musicworks - Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This important CD brings us a vibrant folk music that still survives after the years of political and religious repression in the region.
		This CD is a survey of the beautiful multi-part singing forms found in a number of the minority cultures of the region.
		This music has only recently come to the attention of scholars, and such recordings are still very rare.
	www.musicworks.ca /article.asp?id=54 (183 words)

	Central Asia Music Resources
		music, a discussion of poetic forms and musical analysis (scales, rhythms, form), a brief music history, profuse endnotes, and a bibliography.
		The author seems to be saying that the process of nation building and concomitant redefinition of national music genre as witnessed in Iran is similarly being reproduced in Central Asia, especially in the newly independent republics of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, with the possible prospect of some pan-Islamic alliance in the future.
		Traditional music was abruptly urbanized in the 1920's and 1930's due to Stalinization.
	disciplethenations.org /CentralAsianMusic.html (2980 words)

	Asie Centrale: Chants et Musique du Badakhshan
		In this region where the mountain peaks rival their Himalayan neighbours, the local traditions of religious music and mystical songs and dances have long prospered among the mountain peoples of Pamir, among whom many are Ismaelite Shiite Muslims.
		For Badakhshanis, music and dance are intimately connected and Saheba, an exceptional dancer who is also the best singer in the country, illustrates the rich symbolism of the Pamiri dances.
		Aqnazar is best known for his renditions of the poems of Jallaleddin Rumi, the great mystic and Sufi writer of the 13th century, author of the Mesnevi and the inspiration behind the Brotherhood of the Whirling Dervishes of Konya.
	www.fesfestival.com /eng2005/musiqueBadakshan.php (324 words)

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