Persian Samples

Persian Music 01 – Naameh by Siyavash (Siyaavash) Ghomeishi. Song with lyrics and vocabulary sheet for Persian language study and practice.

Parviz Sedighi Parsi, known as Yahaghi, was born in Tehran In 1936. Yahaghi started his music career under the supervision of his uncle, Hussein Yahaghi. Since his uncle, Hussein Yahaghi, was a well-known person among the Iranian artists, lots of great musicians of his time would gather at his home from time to time. This […]

Click here to listen to part of this track (in MP3) Parts of the vocabulary of Track 09: Sooz o saz (Burn and Mould) BY: Ali Reza Eftekhari Please go to the Traditional Music main page to order Persian Traditional Music Samples Artists: Marzieh – Shajarian – Nazeri – Ghavami – Mokhtabad – Eftekhari – Yahaghi Tracks: 01 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 08 – 09 – 10 – 11

Click here to listen to part of this track(in MP3) Parts of the vocabulary of Track 08: Sarv e simin (The Silver Cypress) BY: Ali Reza Eftekhari Please go to the Traditional Music main page to order Persian Traditional Music Samples Artists: Marzieh – Shajarian – Nazeri – Ghavami – Mokhtabad – Eftekhari – Yahaghi Tracks: 01 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 08 – 09 – 10 – 11

Ali Reza Eftekhari was born in Esfahan in 1956. He started music at the age of twelve. He enjoyed the classes of Persian music masters such as Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Jalil Shahnaz, and some others. His style in singing is mostly Sufi music oriented and is very touching. He has performed several concerts in different […]

Click here to listen to part of this track (in MP3) Parts of the vocabulary of Track 05: Tamana ye Vesal (A plea for Unity) BY: Abdul Hussein (Hosein) Mokhabad Please go to the Traditional Music main page to order Persian Traditional Music Samples Artists: Marzieh – Shajarian – Nazeri – Ghavami – Mokhtabad – Eftekhari – Yahaghi Tracks: 01 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 08 – 09 – 10 – 11

Abdolhossein (Abdul Hussein) Mokhtabad introduced himself to the public several years ago with a few touching songs. In a very short time, he became well known to all Iranians and attracted those of music enthusiasts widely. One of his loveliest works is called Tamana ye Vesal (A Plea for Unity). The poem is from one […]

Click here to listen to part of this track (in MP3) Parts of the vocabulary of Track 01: Broken Boat (Zoragh e Shekasteh) BY: Marzieh (Marziyeh) Please go to the Traditional Music main page to order Persian Traditional Music Samples Artists: Marzieh – Shajarian – Nazeri – Ghavami – Mokhtabad – Eftekhari – Yahaghi Tracks: 01 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 08 – 09 – 10 – 11

Although almost all Iranians know this great master by name, unfortunately I do not have any reliable information about him. I even surfed the internet to find something about him without any success. This is a pity that no one has even tried to write a couple of lines for such an everlasting master of […]