Here we present a cassette by the great Kemencheh (Kamancheh) master Ostad Ali Asghar Bahari (1905-1995). Though he cooperated with many of the so-called radio artists, also called Motrebi (entertainers), his playing always remained very authentic and very much his own. Later in his life he joined the Center for the Preservation and Propagation of Iranian Traditional Music and taught many students. Since the 1940s the violin had replaced the Kemencheh in classical Iranian music. It was Ali Asghar Bahari who was practically the only arist who held onto the Kemencheh and revived the instrument in the end. Nowadays violin has completely disappeared in classical Iranian music and the Kemencheh is widely played again, due to our artists influence.
He is very beloved in Iran and there are many CDs by him available there. This cassette probably was first published in Iran.
Here he plays on side 1: Dastgah-e Shur and on side 2: Avaz-e Dashti and Avaz-e Afshari, both derived from Dastgah-e Shur.
Last month we posted an LP on which he performed.
On the artist see:
Thank you very much. This is the good stuff.
ReplyDeleteHere is another one https://lolaradio.blogspot.com/2012/10/ustaaz-ali-asghar-bahari-kemanche-iran.html?q=iran
Thank you. I had forgotten about it, but had downloaded back then.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks
ReplyDeleteThank you thank you thank you for these last posts!!!! These are precious and hard to find recordings. You do us a great service!
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff! Thank you
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