Darvish Khan ( fa, درویشخان , Gholam Hossein Darvish; 1872 – 22 November 1926) was a
Persian classical music
Persian traditional music or Iranian traditional music, also known as Persian classical music or Iranian classical music, refers to the classical music of Iran (also known as ''Persia''). It consists of characteristics developed through the coun ...
ian and a
tar
Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black bi ...
player.
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Biography
Darvish Khan was born in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
.
His teachers included his father and
Aqa Hossein-Qoli Farahani. He was a member of the Aziz Soltan music group. Later, he attended the
Dar ol-Fonoon Music School.
He played a concert at the Grand Hotel of Tehran with other great masters of
Persian music of his time, including
Aref Qazvini
Abolqassem Aref Qazvini ( fa, ابوالقاسم عارف قزوینی , 1882 – January 21, 1934) was an Iranian poet, lyricist, and musician.
Biography
He was born in Qazvin.
He composed many poems about Iran and was called a ''national ...
. Darvish left for
London
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and
Tbilisi
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to record.
He died at the age of 54, on 22 November 1926, in an accident. His carriage was hit by a lorry automobile which was very rare at that time. It is said that he was the first
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
ian to be killed in a car accident.
See also
*
Music of Iran
The music of Iran encompasses music that is produced by Iranian artists. In addition to the traditional folk and classical genres, it also includes pop and internationally celebrated styles such as jazz, rock, and hip hop.
Iranian music infl ...
*
List of Iranian musicians
This is a list of Iranian (Persian) musicians and musical groups.
Classical
Persian classical/traditional
*Moein
* Homayoun Shajarian
* Mohammad-Reza Shajarian
* Hossein Khajeh Amiri (Iraj)
* Shahram Nazeri
* Iraj Bastami
* Anoushiravan ...
References
External links
A biographybiographyfrom Rouhollah Khaleghi Artistic Center / Kanun-e Honari-e Rouhollah Khaleghi
1872 births
1926 deaths
Musicians from Tehran
Iranian tar players
Road incident deaths in Iran
People of Qajar Iran
19th-century Iranian musicians
20th-century Iranian musicians
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