From Rumi to the whirling dervishes music, poetry, and mysticism in the Ottoman Empire
Walter Feldman traces the historical development of Mevlevi music and the spiritual legacy of Rumi. He brings to light the remarkable musical and mystical aesthetics of the Mevlevi ayin - the instrumental and vocal accompaniment to the sublime ceremony of the 'Whirling' Dervishes.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
2022.
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| Series: | Music and performance in Muslim contexts.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009850440006719 |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Musical Examples and Figures
- Images
- A Note on Orthography and Transliteration
- Turkish Musical Symbols and the Intonation of Ottoman Music
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I. History and Culture of the Mevlevi Dervishes
- Introduction: Continuities and Ruptures in the Mevlevi Tradition
- 1. Defining the Mystical Music of the Mevlevi Dervishes
- 2. The Mevlevi Phenomenon
- 3. Development and Cultural Affinities of the Mevlevi Ayin
- 4. The Ney in Mevlevi Music
- 5. The Mevlevi Neyzen as an Ideal Representative of Ottoman Culture
- Part II. Music of the Mevlevis
- 6. The Position of Music within the Mevleviye
- 7. The Musical Structure of the Ayin
- 8. Music, Poetry, and Composition in the Ayin
- 9. The Sema’i in the Third Selam and the Son Yürük Sema’i: Nucleus of the Antecedent Samā’?
- Postlude: Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire
- Glossary
- References Cited
- Index
