Bamshad
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BamshadTemplate:Refn (Template:Langx) or Bāmšād was a musician of Sasanian music during the reign of Khosrow II (Template:Reign).
Life and career
Many Shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire were ardent supporters of music, including the founder of the empire Ardashir I and Bahram V.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Khosrow II (Template:Reign) was the most outstanding patron, his reign being regarded as a golden age of Persian music.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Musicians in Khosrow's service include Āzādvar-e Changi,Template:Refn Bamshad, the harpist Nagisa (Nakisa), Ramtin, Sarkash (also Sargis or Sarkas)Template:Refn and Barbad,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". who was by-far the most famous.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". These musicians were usually active as minstrels, which were performers who worked as both court poets and musicians;Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in the Sasanian Empire there was little distinction between poetry and music.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Essentially nothing is known of Bamshad except that he was a noted musician during the reign of Khosrow II (Template:Reign).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". His name comes from his practice of playing music at dawn every day: "bam" and "shad" translate as "dawn" and "happiness".
The Persian lexicons, for example Dehḵodā's Loḡat-nāma, describe him as a well-known musician equal to Barbad. He is also mentioned in a poem by the Persian poet Manūčehrī.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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References
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Sources
- Books and Chapters
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- Journal and Encyclopedia articles
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