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

Persian Music Books