Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF) and IHF America have
launched the Golha Project Website, a searchable encyclopedia of Persian poetry
and music with audio recordings of all of the Golha radio programs, available
for free to the general public.
“The programs known generally as Golha, ‘Flowers
[of Persian Poetry and Song],' were a series of weekly radio programs aired
on Iranian radio between 1956 and 1979. The musical and literary repertoire of
the Golha programs covered the entire history of classical as well as
contemporary Persian poetry, giving expression to the whole gamut of traditional
Persian music and poetry,” IHF announcement said.
Uskowi
on Iran extends its warmest congratulations and appreciation to IHF for
their 7-year digitalization effort producing a gem of a work.
To access Golha website, please click here.
To read an informative introduction to the Golha
program by Jane Lewisohn, indeed an introduction to Persian music, please click here.
