| -- | Travel & Transport I. Hear that whistle blow! Von Zügen und Eisenbahnen Januar 2001 Aus der Serie Meine Lieblingsplatte Heute: Hosein Tehrani The train |
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Hosein Tehrani gilt als einer der grossen Meister der traditionellen persischen Trommel Tombak (oder älter Zarb). Berühmt für seine Interpretationen klassischer persischer Musik hat er in den 1940er Jahren ein Stück eingespielt, das den Klang eines Zuges nachahmt. Der enthusiastische Rundfunksprecher (die Aufnahme stammt aus einer Radiosendung) meint gar, bei diesen Klängen im Zug zu sitzen ... Hosain Tehrani was born 1912 in Tehran he died in 1973 at the age of 61. He started playing Tombak at the of 13. He was always found practicing Tombak. At that time Tombak was considered to be a musical instrument worthy of street entertainers only. In 1928 he started serious studies with Hossein Khan Essmailzadel a music master and a kamancheh player. He learnt the tombak rhythm by memorizing phrases in Farsi. He later studied with several master Tombak players as Reza Ravanbakhsh and Kangarlo and others. He was always observing the different methods of playing Tombak and trying to learn the different techniques and rhythms. He even used to observe street entertainers and learn from them. In 1928, at the age of 26, he met Abolhasan Saba, this was start of a life long friendship. Ostad Tehrani said: apart from musical notation that I learnt from Khaleghi, I have learnt every practical and theoretical aspect of music from Saba. In 1940, at the creation of Tehran radio, he started working there with a group of musicians. In 1941, he started teaching at madrese aeli mosighi (advance music college). Later on, Tombak was removed from the list of instruments taught at this college. |
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