Musical ethics and Islam : the art of playing the ney / Banu Şenay.

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"This project is the first book length study of the ney, the Sufi reed flute long associated with Islam and disdained after the establishment of the Turkish Republic. Based on extensive field research and an apprentice-style method of inquiry, the book explores the remarkable revival of ney-playing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Şenay, Banu (Author)
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Music > Religious aspects > Islam.
Music > Moral and ethical aspects > Turkey.
Nāy > Instruction and study > Turkey.
Maqām > Turkey.
Maqām.
Music > Moral and ethical aspects.
Turkey.
Physical Description:xi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A Biography of the Ney
  • Breath and Reed
  • Mode and Mood
  • Improvisation and Journey
  • Master Speakers, Master Listeners
  • Music and Ethical Modification
  • Musical Islam.