Bamshad
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Bamshad was one of the four most famous and skilled musicians lived in the Persian Sassanid dynasty when Xusro Parviz
was in power (591-628). He used to play music with passion and full of energy in the beginning of everyday in the time of dawn, for this reason, people were always happy and pleased. That's why he was called Bam+shad (dawn+happiness). The other three famous musicians in the Persian Sassanid dynasty were: Barbad
, Nagisa (Nakisa) and Ramtin.
In terms of level and skill, in the Persian lexicons, for example Dehḵodā's Loḡat-nāma, mention that he was a well-known musician equal to Bārbad
. He is also mentioned in a poem by the Persian poet Manūčehrī.
Sassanid dynasty and its kings made a revolution in Persian art and music. They paid a lot of respect and attention like their ancestor (Achaemenians), to promote arts and music in schools and among the nation of the Persian empire.
Khosrau II
250px|thumb|Khosrau II 250px|thumb|Khosrau II 250px|thumb|Khosrau II (Khosrow II, Chosroes II, or Xosrov II in classical sources, sometimes called Parvez, "the Ever Victorious" – (in Persian: خسرو پرویز), was the twenty-second Sassanid King of Persia, reigning from 590 to 628...
was in power (591-628). He used to play music with passion and full of energy in the beginning of everyday in the time of dawn, for this reason, people were always happy and pleased. That's why he was called Bam+shad (dawn+happiness). The other three famous musicians in the Persian Sassanid dynasty were: Barbad
Barbad
Barbad or Barbad the Jahromi was a Persian musician of the Sassanid era, who lived during the rule of Khosrau II, 590 to 628..- Etymology :...
, Nagisa (Nakisa) and Ramtin.
In terms of level and skill, in the Persian lexicons, for example Dehḵodā's Loḡat-nāma, mention that he was a well-known musician equal to Bārbad
Barbad
Barbad or Barbad the Jahromi was a Persian musician of the Sassanid era, who lived during the rule of Khosrau II, 590 to 628..- Etymology :...
. He is also mentioned in a poem by the Persian poet Manūčehrī.
Sassanid dynasty and its kings made a revolution in Persian art and music. They paid a lot of respect and attention like their ancestor (Achaemenians), to promote arts and music in schools and among the nation of the Persian empire.
See also
- Sassanid musicSassanid musicSassanid music refers to the golden age of Persian music that occurred under the reign of the Sassanid dynasty.Persian classical music dates to the sixth century BC; during the time of the Achaemenid Empire , music played an important role in prayer and in royal and national events...
- Sassanid empireSassanid EmpireThe Sassanid Empire , known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian and resulting in the New Persian terms Iranshahr and Iran , was the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, ruled by the Sasanian Dynasty from 224 to 651...
- Persian empire
- Persian traditional music
- Persian arts
- BarbadBarbadBarbad or Barbad the Jahromi was a Persian musician of the Sassanid era, who lived during the rule of Khosrau II, 590 to 628..- Etymology :...
- NakisaNakisaNakisa is the Arabicized pronunciation of the word Nagisa. Both names originate from the Persian word Negin. Many Persian words have Arabic pronunciations and some have changed over time completely to the Arabic form. The Arabic alphabet is similar to that of the Persian alphabet, yet lacks certain...