From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes : : Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire / / Walter Feldman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Feldman, Walter ,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Music and Performance in Muslim Contexts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 12 B/W illustrations 1 B/W tables

Illuminates the connection of music, poetry, mystical praxis and social history underlying the ceremony of the Mevlevi DervishesExplores the musical tradition linked to the Mevlevi (‘Whirling’) Dervishes and the spiritual legacy of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, one of Islam’s greatest mystical poetsProvides an accessible introduction to the relationship between music and performative elements of Sufi practice codified in the Mevlevi ceremony of sema, illustrated with rare colour imagesPresents the biographies of the principal Mevlevi musicians, showing both their creation of the music of the ayin and their key role in the development of Ottoman court musicIncludes numerous original translations of Turkish verse by major Mevlevi poetsPresents music examples with explanation, both in the book and freely available on the Aga Khan Music Programme websiteMevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, whose life and mystical poetry provided the inspiration for the Mevlevi Sufi order, is one of the world’s best-known poets, yet the centuries-long musical tradition cultivated by the Mevleviye remains much less known. In this deeply researched book, renowned scholar Walter Feldman traces the historical development of Mevlevi music and 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.

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