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A Brief Biography
Darvish Khan (Gholam Hossein Darvish)
was born in Zidasht in 1872. His teachers were his father and Agha
Hussein Gholi Farahani, from the most respected musician family of
the 19th century in Iran. He was a member of the Aziz Soltan music
group. Later, he attended the Darolfonoun Music School. He recieved
the First-Class medal from the French government for his works and
concerts for poor people.
He played an exceptional concert at the Grand Hotel of Tehran with
other great masters of Persian music of his time such as Aref
Ghazvini, Hadji Khan Zarbgir, Ebrahim Mansouri, and Reza Mahjoubi.
He went to London for a recording session with Habibollah Shahrdar,
Hussein Taher Zadeh, Bagher Khan Rameshgar, Asadollah Khan, and
Akbar Flout. He also went to Teflis, in Georgia with Bagher Khan,
Hussein Taher Zadeh, Eghbal Azar, and Abdollah Davami for one year.
Despite the fact that he was considered as one of the masters of the
19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, he had a really
modern ways of performing and composing. He was very talented in
composition. He recorded many works playing Tar and singing. It's
said that he added one string to the Tar to enhance it's sound.
Among his most prominent pupils are Hussein Ali Ghafari, Saeed
Hormozi, Hussein Sanjari, Shokri, Mohammad Ali Safaei, Abdollah
Dadvar, Mousa Maroufi, Morteza Ney Davoud, Abol Hassan Saba, Arsalan
Dargahi and Akbar Khan Norouzi.
He died at the age of 54, on 22 of November 1926, in an accident.
His carriage was hit by a lorry automobile which was very rare at
that time.
Darvish Khan's Band (ca 1922)
Seated from left:
Darvis Khan (Tar), Seyyed Hossein Taher Zadeh (Vocal)
and Bagher Khan (Kamancheh)
Standing from left:
Eqbal Azar (Vocal) and Abdollah Davami (Vocal)
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