In English
The Classical "Tasnif" : a genre of Persian vocal music
By Margaret Caton, Ph. D. dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles,
1983
La musique traditionelle iranienne. Son evolution recente
By Jean During, Ph.D., University of Strasbourg, 1975
The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music
By Hormoz Farhat, Ph.D. , University of California, Los Angeles, 1965
The
Dastgah Concept in Persian Music
By Hormoz Farhat, Cambridge University Press, 1990
The Persian Doctrine of Dastgah Composition : A Phenomenology Study
in Musical Modes
By Edith Gerson-Klwi, Israel Music Institut, Tel Aviv, 1963
The Modal System of Arab and Persian Music
By Owen Wright, London, Oxford University Press, 1978
Classical Persian Music : An Introduction
Ella Zonis, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1973
THE ART OF PERSIAN MUSIC
by Jean During and Zia Mirbdolbaghi
A Lesson from Master Dariush Safvat
Translated by Manuchehr Anvar, Mage