Mirza Abdollah

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Mirza Abdollah , Persian میرزا عبدالله فراهانی Mirzā Abdollāh Farāhāni (* 1843 ; † 1918 ) was a Persian composer , music teacher , tar and setar player.

Abdollah came from the Farahani family of musicians, which includes his father Ali Akbar Farahani and his brother Mirza Hossein Gholi, his son Ali Akbar Khan Shahnazi and his own son Ahmad Ebadi . They all worked at the court of the Qajars and devoted themselves to the art of Radif .

Mirza Abdollah completed his father's work that became known as the radif-e Mirza Abdollah . In addition, he was considered a competent performing musician and music teacher. Abolhasan Saba , Esmaeil Ghahremani and Ali-Naqi Vaziri were among his students .

literature

  • Dariush Talâʻi, Mīrza ʻAbd Allāh, Dariush Talâʻi, Manoochehr Sadeghi: Traditional Persian art music: the Radif of Mirza Abdollah (=  Bibliotheca Iranica . Band 3 ). Mazda, Costa Mesa, Calif. 1999, ISBN 1-56859-039-3 .
  • Rob Simms, Amir Koushkani: Mohammad Reza Shajarian's Avaz in Iran and Beyond, 1979–2010. Lexington Books, 2012, ISBN 978-0-7391-7209-4 , p. 212 ( books.google.de ).

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personal data
SURNAME Abdollah, Mirza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abdollah Farahani, Mirza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Persian composer, music teacher, tar and setar player
DATE OF BIRTH 1843
DATE OF DEATH 1918