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In recent years, Persian podcasts have experienced remarkable growth in listeners and topics. Iranian classical music has also played a part in this movement, with numerous podcasts exploring various aspects of Iranian classical music.
Radio Radif, focusing on Iranian classical music, addresses the core of this music, namely the radifs of Iranian music, whether they have been published or remain unpublished. Radio Radif examines the radifs from social perspectives, their influence on other styles of Iranian music, the narrators and recorders of various radifs, comparisons among them or different existing versions of each, their phenomenology, and their evolution and transformation.
We aim to hear the opinions of narrators, researchers, and instructors of radif in various segments of Radio Radif. Of course, the role of radif as the alphabet of Iranian music in every musical work is perhaps one of the crucial features of its Iranian identity. We believe that the current understanding and perception of radif determine the path we will take in Iranian music tomorrow. The support and collaboration of researchers, artists, cultural enthusiasts, and lovers of Iranian music can help us to understand and introduce the various aspects of radif.

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Chapter Two: The History of Music Recording in Iran

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Examining the history of music recording in Iran, aside from a review of the historical evolution of one of humanity’s most unique technological inventions—sound recording and playback—is a journey through the auditory history of Iranian music, is a mission in this podcast. A history that was previously limited to written descriptions of music could now analyze musical works from the past, not based on conjecture, but on the actual performances and compositions of predecessors. Of course, this history doesn’t stretch too far back, only about a hundred years or so. However, this seemingly short past contains a vast treasure trove of the legacy of classical Persian music that has not yet been adequately recognized, introduced, or analyzed. It’s a past that can sometimes alter some of our current perceptions of classical Persian music and its peripheral components, bringing them closer to reality. In this chapter, we strive to review the historical phenomenon of music recording in Iran and obtain a better understanding of overlooked aspects of classical Persian music realities from the past century.
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Podcast Episodes

Special Episode: 35 Years with the Gramophone – Part 3

Duration: 25 minutes In the second half of 2023, at the Payvar Foundation, we hosted 12 sessions of the “Radio Radif Thursdays” series. In these programs, by extensively listening to historical pieces and old recordings, in a serious yet friendly atmosphere with discussions and exchanges of views, we revisited the history of Iranian music from the late Qajar era to the first Pahlavi period.

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Special Episode: 35 Years with the Gramophone – Part 2

Duration: 21 Minutes In the second half of 2023, at the Payvar Foundation, we hosted 12 sessions of the “Radio Radif Thursdays” series. In these programs, by extensively listening to historical pieces and old recordings, in a serious yet friendly atmosphere with discussions and exchanges of views, we revisited the history of Iranian music from the late Qajar era to the first Pahlavi period.

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Special Episode: 35 Years with the Gramophone – Part 1

Duration: 29 minutes In the second half of 2023, at the Payvar Foundation, we hosted 12 sessions of the “Radio Radif Thursdays” series. In these programs, by extensively listening to historical pieces and old recordings, in a serious yet friendly atmosphere with discussions and exchanges of views, we revisited the history of Iranian music from the late Qajar era to the first Pahlavi period.

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Season 2: The History of Music Recording in Iran – Episode 13

Duration: 56 minutes, With the end of World War II in Iran in 1945 (1324 Solar Hijri), the recording of gramophone discs from Iranian music resumed, first abroad and later domestically. The rise of radio and Persian-speaking films, which had begun a few years earlier, alongside the recording of discs, contributed to the flourishing of music production. This, in turn, led to the recording and preservation of sounds, which today are considered valuable audio documents of Iranian music history. A brief overview of the historical progression of these diverse documents, which continued to increase until the mid-1970s, is the topic of the final episode of this season of Radio Radif podcasts.

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Season 2: The History of Music Recording in Iran – Episode 12

Duration: 42 minutes. After the last recordings in Tehran during Reza Shah’s era in 1933 (1312 Solar Hijri), no further music was recorded in Iran due to the absence of any recording companies. However, musicians embarked on four trips abroad to record their works on gramophone discs. These trips took place in the cities of Aleppo, Berlin, Baghdad, and again Aleppo. The story of these four journeys is the focus of the twelfth episode of Season 2 of the Radio Radif podcast. Following these recordings, no official Iranian music was recorded for several years until after the end of World War II.

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