{"id":16593,"date":"2016-04-15T00:13:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T04:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/?p=16593"},"modified":"2016-04-15T00:26:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T04:26:43","slug":"orientalist-music-sheets-covers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/orientalist-music-sheets-covers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientalist Music Sheets\u2019 Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the turn of the 20th century, in the popular art and media of the \u201cWest,\u201d the &#8220;Middle East&#8221; was depicted as a mysterious, exotic region. Cliched images such as camels, deserts, half-naked dancing women, and buildings with minarets and domes were ubiquitous in illustrating anything related to Iran or the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The images here show some of these cover designs for music sheet books, designs depicting Iran as imagined by the artists of the period.<br \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16593 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-14.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-14-e1460663873485-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Padishah (Persian March) (1899) by William Loraine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21208\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21208'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Padishah (Persian March) (1899) by William Loraine\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-03.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-03-e1460658016992-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"My Persian Love Song (~1910s)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21198\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21198'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Persian Love Song (~1910s)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-07.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-07-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Persian Lamb Rag (1908) by E. H. Kelly\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-07-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-07-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-07-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21202'>\n\t\t\t\tPersian Lamb Rag (1908) by E. H. Kelly\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-05-e1460659734651-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Perle de Perse (Pearl of Persia) (1912) by Johann C. Schmid\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21200\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21200'>\n\t\t\t\tPerle de Perse (Pearl of Persia) (1912) by Johann C. Schmid\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-01-e1460657630224-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Persian Garden, a one-act operetta (1912), by Edgar Allen Wolf\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21196\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21196'>\n\t\t\t\tA Persian Garden, a one-act operetta (1912), by Edgar Allen Wolf\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-02-e1460657583591-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\u201cMeet me \u2018neath the Persian moon\u201d, a song from &quot;A Persian Garden&quot; (1912), by Edgar Allen Wolf\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21197\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21197'>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cMeet me \u2018neath the Persian moon\u201d, a song from &#8220;A Persian Garden&#8221; (1912), by Edgar Allen Wolf\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-06-e1460660263838-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Persian Garden Tango (1914) by Joan Sawyer\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21201\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21201'>\n\t\t\t\tPersian Garden Tango (1914) by Joan Sawyer\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-04-e1460658954964-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"My Persian Pearl (1918) by John Cooper\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21199\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21199'>\n\t\t\t\tMy Persian Pearl (1918) by John Cooper\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-15.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-15-e1460663898220-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A-Mi-Ti-Ya (1919) by Harold Weeks\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21209\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21209'>\n\t\t\t\tA-Mi-Ti-Ya (1919) by Harold Weeks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-13-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"In a Persian Market (1920) by Albert Ket\u00e8lbey\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-13-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-13-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-13-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21207'>\n\t\t\t\tIn a Persian Market (1920) by Albert Ket\u00e8lbey\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-09-e1460661278494-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Persian Moon (1920) by Geo. P. Hulten\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21204\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21204'>\n\t\t\t\tPersian Moon (1920) by Geo. P. Hulten\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-10-e1422647200886-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Song of Persia (1922) by Richard A. Whiting\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21205\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21205'>\n\t\t\t\tSong of Persia (1922) by Richard A. Whiting\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-08.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-08-e1460661056294-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Persian moon (1923) by John Fleming\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21203\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21203'>\n\t\t\t\tPersian moon (1923) by John Fleming\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-12-250x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Persian Rug (1927) by Gus Kahn and Neil Moret\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-12-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-12-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/music-sheet-12-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21206'>\n\t\t\t\tPersian Rug (1927) by Gus Kahn and Neil Moret\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the turn of the 20th century, in the popular art and media of the \u201cWest,\u201d the &#8220;Middle East&#8221; was depicted as a mysterious, exotic region. 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