2024/05/17 by Шамилли, Г.Б.
paper · doi:10.34920/1694-5794-2022.34en.004
This article reveals the real historical prerequisites for the subsequent formation of the classical tradition in Iranian music during the Achaemenid and Sassanid dynasties (6th century BCE-early 7th century CE) in terms of the linguistic environment dominated by Aramaic (Old Aramaic, Imperial Koine, Syrian/New Aramaic dialects) and at the «Royal Road Stations» where the musical heritage of foreign-born Indo-Iranian tribes was being re-melted and re-fused within the sound-space of cosmopolitan palatial vocal and instrumental music in the development of ancient civilizations.