Ali-Naqi Vaziri | |
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| علینقی وزيری | |
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| Born | Ali Naqi Vaziri October 1, 1886 Tehran, Qajar Iran (now Iran) |
| Died | September 9, 1979 (aged 92) |
| Other names | Colonel Vaziri, Alinaghi Vaziri |
| Occupation(s) | player of the tar composer musicologist, professor |
| Years active | 1925–1979 |
| Known for | Persian music |
| Mother | Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi |
| Relatives | Khadijeh Afzal Vaziri (sister), Hossein Ali Mallah (nephew), Mahlagha Mallah (niece) |
Ali-Naqi Vaziri (Persian: علی نقی وزیری; October 1, 1886[1] in Tehran – 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. His name was also transcribed as Ali Naghi Vaziri.
Ali-Naqi Vaziri was born in October 1, 1886, in Tehran, Qajar Iran.[1] He was one of the seven children of Musa Khan Vaziri (a prominent official in the Persian Cossack Brigade) and Bibi Khanoom 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 painter Hassan Ali Khan Vaziri was his 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.
- ^ a b "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.