Ali-Naqi Vaziri, also transcribed as Ali Naghi Vaziri (Persian: علی نقی وزیری) (October 1, 1886[1] in Tehran, Persia – September 9, 1979) was a composer, thinker and a celebrated player of the tar. He is considered a revolutionary icon in the history of 20th-century Persian music.
Ali-Naqi Vaziri (also known as Colonel Vaziri) is one of the seven children of Musa Khan Vaziri (a prominent official in the Persian Cossack Brigade) and Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, a notable Iranian writer, satirist and one of the pioneering figures in the women's movement of Iran; her book Ma'ayeb al-Rejal (Failings of Men, also translated as Vices of Men) is considered by some as the first declaration of women's rights in the modern history of Iran. The celebrated artistic painter Hassan Ali Khan Vaziri is Ali-Naqi's brother.
Ali-Naqi Vaziri was a master of Persian classical music, so he was able to play the tar in a style very reminiscent of that of Mirza Abdollah. He always looked for new dimensions and perspectives in musical expression, and by doing so he revolutionized the style of playing the tar. He was the first to transcribe the classical radif of the Persian music. He developed the sori and koron symbols to annotate Persian quarter-tone notes in standardized musical notation.[2]
Vaziri for years was the director of the Tehran Conservatory of Music and a professor at the University of Tehran.
Innovations
Vaziri was one the first Persian musicians in the 20th century to go to Europe to study music, and after his return to Tehran in 1924. He was for a long time the only traditional instrumentalist familiar with and promoted the theory of Western classical music.[3] He was also the first who wrote a method for a Persian instrument. This method Dastur-e Tar was published in Berlin in 1922.
Vaziri was the first to introduce and promote equal moderation in classical Persian music; in this way, each octave was evenly divided into 24 notes. This method made it possible to use Western system to harmonise traditional Persian melodies.[4] His experiments with musical scale was work in the direction of blending Western polyphony into Persian music.[5] His creation of the 24 step scale was created "with the intention of accommodating the application of Western harmony to musical compositions within Persian modes."[5] He first described this view briefly in The Grammar and then in more detail in Theoretical Music.[5] He invented a new Persian music notation for accidentals, calling the additions sori and koron; the first raises the bottom of a note by a quarter of a step and the second lowers it by a quarter of a step.[6] Vaziri's theory for classical Persian music was heavily rejected since the 1960s.
^Maryam Pirnazar (July 16, 2013). "Reza Vali: An Iranian Composer to Watch and - of course - to Hear". payvand.com. For transcription of the micro-tones, I use the standard notation of the micro-tones, the Sori and the Koron, which were developed during early 20th century by the Persian master Alinaghi Vaziri.
^Farhat, Hormoz (2004). The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0-521-54206-7.
^"به مناسبت گرامیداشت صدمین زادروز استاد علینقی وزیری کلنل...علینقی وزیری موسیقیدان فرهنگ ساز[translation: Alinaghi Vaziri is a cultural musician...On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Professor Alinaghi Vaziri Colonel]". During this period, the colonel not only introduced a new style of music and performance, but also ...making new instruments with wider sound possibilities, including four types of strings and the miracle of his playing in strings and making new songs and new notation and new compositions in the form of a 24-quarter step curtain of Iranian music...
^ abc"VAZIRI, ʿAli-Naqi". Encyclopedia Iranica. In a brief chapter on theory, in his first published book, Dastur-e tār, and more extensively in Musiqi-e naẓari, he sets forth the proposition that all the modes of traditional music can be conceived within an octave scale of twenty-four equidistant (tempered) quarter-tones...
^کمال پورتراب translation:Kamal Portrab, Mostafa. نگاهی نو به تئوری موسیقی ایرانی کلنل علینقی وزیری [translation:Theory of Iranian music by Colonel Alinaghi Vaziri]. Tehran: Nay and Ney Publishing.
^خالقی، روح‌الله [translation: Khaleqi, Ruhollah] (2016). سرگذشت موسیقی ایران [translation: The story of Iranian music]. Tehran: Mahour.
^H. E. Chehabi (1999). "From Revolutionary Ta?n?f to Patriotic Sur?d: Music and Nation-Building in Pre-World War II Iran". Iran. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 37: 143–154. doi:10.2307/4299999.
Khaleghi, R., Sargozasht e Musighi e Iran, Ferdowsi Publication, 1955, (in Persian)
Ella Zonis, Contemporary Art Music in Persia, The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 636–648 (1965). JSTOR
Hormoz Farhat, The Dastgāh Concept in Persian Music (Cambridge University Press, 1990). ISBN0-521-30542-X, ISBN0-521-54206-5 (first paperback edition, 2004). For a review of this book see: Stephen Blum, Ethnomusicology, Vol. 36, No. 3, Special Issue: Music and the Public Interest, pp. 422–425 (1992). JSTOR
Laudan Nooshin, in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie, second edition (Macmillan, London, 2001). ISBN1-56159-239-0. (Oxford University Press, 2001). ISBN0-19-517067-9.
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Ali Naqi Vaziri also transcribed as Ali Naghi Vaziri Persian علی نقی وزیری October 1 1886 1 in Tehran Persia September 9 1979 was a composer thinker and a celebrated player of the tar He is considered a revolutionary icon in the history of 20th century Persian music Ali Naqi Vaziriعلینقی وزيریBackground informationBirth nameAli Naqi VaziriAlso known asColonelBorn 1886 10 01 October 1 1886Tehran PersiaDiedSeptember 9 1979 1979 09 09 aged 92 Tehran Persia IranGenresPersian musicOccupation s player of the tar composer musicologistYears active1925 1979 Ali Naqi Vaziri also known as Colonel Vaziri is one of the seven children of Musa Khan Vaziri a prominent official in the Persian Cossack Brigade and Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi a notable Iranian writer satirist and one of the pioneering figures in the women s movement of Iran her book Ma ayeb al Rejal Failings of Men also translated as Vices of Men is considered by some as the first declaration of women s rights in the modern history of Iran The celebrated artistic painter Hassan Ali Khan Vaziri is Ali Naqi s brother Ali Naqi Vaziri was a master of Persian classical music so he was able to play the tar in a style very reminiscent of that of Mirza Abdollah He always looked for new dimensions and perspectives in musical expression and by doing so he revolutionized the style of playing the tar He was the first to transcribe the classical radif of the Persian music He developed the sori and koron symbols to annotate Persian quarter tone notes in standardized musical notation 2 Vaziri for years was the director of the Tehran Conservatory of Music and a professor at the University of Tehran Innovations EditVaziri was one the first Persian musicians in the 20th century to go to Europe to study music and after his return to Tehran in 1924 He was for a long time the only traditional instrumentalist familiar with and promoted the theory of Western classical music 3 He was also the first who wrote a method for a Persian instrument This method Dastur e Tar was published in Berlin in 1922 Vaziri was the first to introduce and promote equal moderation in classical Persian music in this way each octave was evenly divided into 24 notes This method made it possible to use Western system to harmonise traditional Persian melodies 4 His experiments with musical scale was work in the direction of blending Western polyphony into Persian music 5 His creation of the 24 step scale was created with the intention of accommodating the application of Western harmony to musical compositions within Persian modes 5 He first described this view briefly in The Grammar and then in more detail in Theoretical Music 5 He invented a new Persian music notation for accidentals calling the additions sori and koron the first raises the bottom of a note by a quarter of a step and the second lowers it by a quarter of a step 6 Vaziri s theory for classical Persian music was heavily rejected since the 1960s Alinaghi Vaziri trained students some of whom became famous in Persian music including Abolhassan Saba Ruhollah Khaleghi Javad Maroufi Heshmat Sanjari 7 He invited some artists of his time such as Ali Dashti Ali Akbar Dehkhoda Gholamreza Rashid Yasemi Badiozzaman Forouzanfar and Hassan Taqizadeh together to establish an Academy of Fine Arts with the aim of collecting a culture of musical words and which may have become the basis for the formation of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature 8 References Edit زادروز علینقی وزیری موسیقیدان بزرگ روزنامه دنیای اقتصاد in Persian Retrieved 2021 05 19 Maryam Pirnazar July 16 2013 Reza Vali An Iranian Composer to Watch and of course to Hear payvand com For transcription of the micro tones I use the standard notation of the micro tones the Sori and the Koron which were developed during early 20th century by the Persian master Alinaghi Vaziri Farhat Hormoz 2004 The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music Cambridge Massachusetts Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 54206 7 به مناسبت گرامیداشت صدمین زادروز استاد علینقی وزیری کلنل علینقی وزیری موسیقیدان فرهنگ ساز translation Alinaghi Vaziri is a cultural musician On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Professor Alinaghi Vaziri Colonel During this period the colonel not only introduced a new style of music and performance but also making new instruments with wider sound possibilities including four types of strings and the miracle of his playing in strings and making new songs and new notation and new compositions in the form of a 24 quarter step curtain of Iranian music a b c VAZIRI ʿAli Naqi Encyclopedia Iranica In a brief chapter on theory in his first published book Dastur e tar and more extensively in Musiqi e naẓari he sets forth the proposition that all the modes of traditional music can be conceived within an octave scale of twenty four equidistant tempered quarter tones کمال پورتراب translation Kamal Portrab Mostafa نگاهی نو به تئوری موسیقی ایرانی کلنل علینقی وزیری translation Theory of Iranian music by Colonel Alinaghi Vaziri Tehran Nay and Ney Publishing خالقی روح الله translation Khaleqi Ruhollah 2016 سرگذشت موسیقی ایران translation The story of Iranian music Tehran Mahour H E Chehabi 1999 From Revolutionary Ta n f to Patriotic Sur d Music and Nation Building in Pre World War II Iran Iran Taylor amp Francis Ltd 37 143 154 doi 10 2307 4299999 This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations July 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Khaleghi R Sargozasht e Musighi e Iran Ferdowsi Publication 1955 in Persian Ella Zonis Contemporary Art Music in Persia The Musical Quarterly Vol 51 No 4 pp 636 648 1965 JSTOR Hormoz Farhat The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music Cambridge University Press 1990 ISBN 0 521 30542 X ISBN 0 521 54206 5 first paperback edition 2004 For a review of this book see Stephen Blum Ethnomusicology Vol 36 No 3 Special Issue Music and the Public Interest pp 422 425 1992 JSTOR Laudan Nooshin in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians edited by Stanley Sadie second edition Macmillan London 2001 ISBN 1 56159 239 0 Oxford University Press 2001 ISBN 0 19 517067 9 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ali Naqi Vaziri Ali Naqi Vaziri In English Encyclopedia Iranica This article on an Iranian musician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ali Naqi Vaziri amp oldid 1133239611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
