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Sufi Music of India and Pakistan: Sound, Context and Meaning in Qawwali Book

Regula Burckhardt Qureshi's study carefully describes and documents the performance and rules of this music in the traditional Sufi assembly. Through the ritual of sama, the profound belief system and its powerful articulation through mystical poetry in three languages (Farsi, Hindi, Urdu), Qureshi explores the social and economic relationships between Sufi listeners and musicians.Read More

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  • Product Description

    The most distinctive and important genre of Muslim devotional music, Qawalli is closely identified with Sufism, the mystical form of Islam. At a Qawalli assembly, Sufi devotees gather under the guidance of a spiritual leader to experience states of mystical love and divine ecstasy through a ritual listening to music.

    In this study, Qureshi creates a "context-sensitive musical grammar"--a way to study the setting, audience, and performance as elements of the music.

  • 0226700925
  • 9780226700922
  • RB Qureshi
  • 9 November 1995
  • Chicago University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 284
  • New edition
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