MI week 7
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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 (available on reserve), 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: none. 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 (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.
- 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