From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes: Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire
Walter Feldman, "From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes: Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire "
English | ISBN: 1474491863 | 2023 | 256 pages | PDF | 15 MB
English | ISBN: 1474491863 | 2023 | 256 pages | PDF | 15 MB
Mevlana 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
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