A Piece for Setaar and Orchestra
Score and Parts

“A Piece for Setaar and Orchestra” is composed in the Dastgaah-e Mahour for a classical Iranian ensemble, arranged by Faramarz Payvar based on a composition by Ahmad Ebadi. The piece was first performed on January 17, 1966, by the Payvar Ensemble, with Ahmad Ebadi as the featured setaar soloist. An alternative arrangement for setaar and Santoor duet is also included in the second part of this book.

A Piece for Setaar and Orchestra: Score and Parts Book

This publication of “A Piece for Setaar and Orchestra” is accompanied by a booklet containing images of the original handwritten scores and comparative analyses and annotations by Vahid Tahrani Azad. The book is 102 pages long, printed on high-quality, full-color paper in a large folio format. The first edition of 550 copies was published in the winter of 2021. The advantage of purchasing this book from the Payvar Foundation website is that a PDF download link to the parts is attached to your invoice. Hence, you can print the parts multiple times and use them to play in an Iranian instrument orchestra or to practice in a group with Iranian instruments.

Group Performance Scores and Parts at Payvar Ensemble

This series of books from the “Payvar Foundation” is practical for many musicians, students, and Iranian instrument players. One of the challenges faced by Iranian music is the lack and weakness of group performance resources. Throughout his artistic career, Faramarz Payvar composed and arranged for his Iranian Instruments Ensemble for over thirty years. He wrote invaluable pieces for the Iranian ensemble that would be great for analysis, group practice, understanding the history of group performance in Iran, and many other ideas and activities. Having access to his manuscripts, the Payvar Foundation has paved the way for correction, comparison, and publication. It is crucial to note that Faramarz Payvar recorded these works not as scores but as separate parts. The Payvar Foundation, while preserving the original characteristics of his registration in the books, has also published these works as scores, which is very useful for composers and leaders of Iranian ensembles. Each book initially includes necessary explanations for notation and comparison of versions, followed by the score of the work, and then the separate parts for each instrument, usually including parts for ney, kamancheh, gheychak alto, santoor, tar, robab, and oud.