From Rumi to the whirling dervishes : music, poetry, and mysticism in the Ottoman Empire /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Feldman, Walter (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Series:	Music and performance in Muslim contexts.
Subjects:	JalaÌ„l al-DiÌ„n RuÌ„miÌ„, > Maulana, > 1207-1273 > Criticism and interpretation. JalaÌ„l al-DiÌ„n RuÌ„miÌ„, > Maulana, > 1207-1273. Mevleviyeh. Sufi music > History and criticism. Music > Philosophy and aesthetics. Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. Derviches tourneurs. Musique soufie > Histoire et critique. Musique > Philosophie et estheÌ?tique. Empire ottoman > Histoire. HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire. Sufi music. Turkey. 1288-1918 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Part I. History and culture of the Mevlevi dervishes. Introduction: Continuities and ruptures in the Mevlevi tradition ; Defining the mystical music of the Mevlevi dervishes ; The Mevlevi phenomenon ; Development and cultural affinities of the Mevlevi ayin ; The ney in Mevlevi music ; The Mevlevi neyzen as an ideal representative of Ottoman culture
Part II. Music of the Mevlevis. The position of music within the Mevleviye ; The musical structure of the ayin ; Music, poetry, and composition in the ayin ; The sema'i in the third selam and the Son yuÌˆruÌˆk sema'i : nucleus of the antecedent samaÌ„'?
Postlude: Music, poetry, and mysticism in the Ottoman Empire.