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Sufism, Music and Society in Turkey and the Middle East
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Routledge
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After decades of prohibition, Mevlana ceremonies of whirling dervishes attract renewed interest as forms of sacral music, both in formal and popular genres. This trend runs parallel to an increasing concern for cultural, ethnic and religious identities, where the rising tide of religious revivalism sets the tone.
Introduction: An Annotated Glossary, PART I: TASAVVUF AND MUSIC, The Role of Music in Islamic Mysticism, PART II: METHOD AND AESTHETICS General Socio-musicological Concepts: Expression, Structure, and Context, Patterns of Change and Continuity in Liturgical and Ritual Music, Sacral, Secular or Sacred? An Essay on Music and Aesthetic Emancipation, PART III: STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION Structure and Evolution of the Mevlevi Ayin: The Case of the Third Selâm, Music and Sam?‘ of the Mavlaviyya in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: Origins, Ritual and Formation, From the Court and Tarikat to the Synagogue: Ottoman Art Music and Hebrew, Sacred Songs PART IV: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE MODERN ERA The Technical Modernization of Turkish Sufi Music: The Case of the Durak, An Inner History of “Turkish Music Revolution”—Demise of a Music Magazine, An Introduction to the History of Music Debates in Turkey, Tasavvuf, Music and Social Change in the Balkans PART V: SUFI MUSIC AND THE MEDIA Sufi Music and Rites in the Era of Mass Reproduction Techniques and Culture
Biography
Anders Hammarlund, Tord Olsson, Elisabeth Ozdalga
