Ancient Iranian piano compositions released
The book ‘Morteza Mahjoubi's Piano and Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri’s Vocals’, a collection of ancient Iranian piano compositions, authored by Bahar Barkhordar, published and is now available in Iranian bookstores.
This compilation, with notation and editing by Barkhordar, breathes new life into 11 old piano compositions.
These compositions are the legacy of recordings made on gramophone pages by Parlophon Company from 1931 to 1932, IRNA wrote.
The piano section notes have been extracted from the preserved copies and translated into international notation for Iranian piano.
The collection includes works for the voice of Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri, the piano of Morteza Mahjoubi, the tar of Morteza Neydavoud, and the violin of Mousa Neydavoud.
The majority of these works were composed by Morteza Neydavoud, with poetry from prominent poets such as Bahar, Vahid Dastgerdi, and Pejman Bakhtiari.
The book's introduction explores the specifics of Iranian piano performance techniques and the Iranian piano notation system.
Bahar Barkhordar, with a Bachelor's degree in instrumental music from the University of Tehran and a master's degree in musical composition from the same university, has dedicated herself to researching the works of Iranian piano maestros.
Her work aims not only to preserve the Iranian piano repertoire but also to contribute to the growth and progress of this instrument for future generations.