Zul'fi Pareshon (Plaits Are Let Down)

Audio file

Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified ensemble; Performer: Aminov, Ner'ë; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: lyric song
Culture: Central Asia, Iran
Instruments: doira, dutar (dutara), gidjak (Uzbek spike fiddle), nay, rubab, tanbur, voice
Location: Tajikstan
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1693
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T1693R04
Note: Lyrics by Mirzo Abdulkodir Bedil (1644-1721). Ner'ë Aminov (1916-1996), khafiz (folksinger and narrator of the lyrical epos). Original note: "Singer Mr. Aminov, accompanied by sextet of folk instruments: tanbor, gidzhak, rubab, dutar, nai, doira."
Transcript:
Belongs to: Radio Moscow – Tajik 8/64
About the session: These are dubs made by Alan Lomax from the archives of Radio Moscow. Original collector(s) unknown.
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