Investigation of role and position of Pedagogical literature in Iran classic contemporary music development (since Qajar dynasty to recent era)

This study is a descriptive-analytical investigation on educational literatures in development and progress of Iran classical music which has been investigated from Qajar dynasty to recent time. The aims are to organize the historical artistic and cultural evidences of Iran music in Qajar era based on music teaching methods, and also to have quality and quantity assessments of pedagogical literature. The importance of the end of Qajar era and first of Pahlavi era is due to the establishment of first music school by Ali Naghi Vaziri at that time.(Vaziri,2002) In the first step, some general definitions and descriptions are presented. This study has been carried out using library and survey methods. Results indicate that there is a direct relation between Iranian music audience and the existed books and methods, where this progress in music education has a drastic increase compared to the past.

Investigation of role and position of Pedagogical literature in Iran classic contemporary music development (since Qajar dynasty to recent era) Keywords:

Iran classical music , Qajar dynasty , Ali Naghi Vaziri , Music education