MI week 7

Tuesday (7a)

Sufism, Sufi music, and its relation to Islamicate music (continued).

Due today

• Read:
  • Sufism: an introduction to the mystical tradition of Islam, by Carl Ernst, chapter 4 (pp. 81-119)
  • Islam: An Introduction, by Annemarie Schimmmel, pp. 101-126 (Mystical Islam and Sufi Brotherhoods ; Popular Piety and the Veneration of Saints)

• Assignments to submit: none. But: Please catch up! If you're caught up, work on Thursday's assignment, or on your proposals (due next week).

Class

• Introduce your research projects (if you haven't already)
• Sufism and Islamicate music in Egypt: tarab and the Sufi hadra (continued)
• Islamicate Music, with a focus on the Middle East

Thursday (7b)

Sufism, Sufi music, and its relation to Islamicate music (continued)

Due today

• Read:
  • Sufism: an introduction to the mystical tradition of Islam, by Carl Ernst (available on reserve), chapter 5 (pp. 120-146)
  • Music in the World of Islam", by Amnon Shiloah, Ch. 6 pp. 68-70, 85-87 ; Ch. 7 pp. 88-93.

• Browse:
  • http://mevlana.net/
  • http://www.dar-al-masnavi.org/
  • http://www.rumimevlevi.com/

• Assignment:

Locate a connection between a Sufi music and a secular music in any part of the Muslim world. Explain: where in the world are these musics located, and how are they related? Does the sacred become secular or the reverse? Or are they related in some more complex way? 1-2 pages.

Class

Sufism and (non-religious) Islamicate music: a two way street: Sufi music draws on the broader musical system; that musical system also draws on Sufism for musical training; and sometimes Sufi music becomes popular music too.

• Examples:
• The Mevlevi Ayin and Turkish classical music; the Ayin as touristic entertainment
  • Ghanaian Akwashirawa, incorporating Hausa music - and conflict with the Salafis over "music and dance"
  • Moroccan Gnawa and entertainment
  • Qawwali and Hindustani music of south asia; Qawwal as popular music