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BEYOND THE WATER: HOW PRONUNCIATION AFFECTS MELODY IN THE ZOROASTRIAN HYMN " THE WATER'S BIRTHDAY" IN AHMAD-ABAD, IRAN.

Niousha , Eslahchi
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1595845477078896

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2020, MA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Music, Hugh A. Glauser.
This study examines linguistic differences in a geographically divided village, Ahmad-Abad, in Lorestan, a province in Iran, that affect musical contour and tonality. Internal conflict in Iranian social politics was fundamental to the creation of alternate pronunciations of “water” between northern and southern regions of the village. This thesis focuses on the reasons for these alternate pronunciations and demonstrate how the differing versions affect the ethnic hymn and melody "Abangan" or "The Water’s Birthday" used in a celebration ceremony that is held for the blessing of and as an appeal for water.
Eve McPherson (Advisor)
Janine Tiffe (Committee Member)
Joshua Albretch (Committee Member)
103 p.
Asian Studies; History; Middle Eastern History; Middle Eastern Literature; Middle Eastern Studies; Music

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  • Niousha , E. (2020). BEYOND THE WATER: HOW PRONUNCIATION AFFECTS MELODY IN THE ZOROASTRIAN HYMN " THE WATER'S BIRTHDAY" IN AHMAD-ABAD, IRAN. [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1595845477078896

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Niousha , Eslahchi . BEYOND THE WATER: HOW PRONUNCIATION AFFECTS MELODY IN THE ZOROASTRIAN HYMN " THE WATER'S BIRTHDAY" IN AHMAD-ABAD, IRAN. 2020. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1595845477078896.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Niousha , Eslahchi . "BEYOND THE WATER: HOW PRONUNCIATION AFFECTS MELODY IN THE ZOROASTRIAN HYMN " THE WATER'S BIRTHDAY" IN AHMAD-ABAD, IRAN." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1595845477078896

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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