Journeys of a Sufi musician / Kudsi Erguner ; translated from the French by Annette Courtenay Mayers.

Author/creator Erguner, Kudsi
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Saqi, 2005.
Description142 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc
Subjects

Uniform titleFontaine de la séparation. English
Contents CD. Taksim in the maqam Rast (Suleyman Erguner Dede, ney) -- Allah diyelim : ilahi in the maqam Rast -- Taksim in the maqam Saba (Ulvi Erguner, ney) -- Halati vasl : ghazal in the maqam Saba (Cevdet Soydanses [vocal]) -- Taksim in the maqam Ussak (Ulvi Erguner, ney) -- Noldu bu Gönlüm : ilahi in the maqam Ussak / Suleyman Erguner Dede -- Taksim in the maqam Hicaz (Ulvi Erguner, ney) -- Gönül Mazhardir: ilahi in the maqam Beyatiaraban -- Ey kasifi huda mevlâna : ghazal in the maqam Ussak / Yusuf Bilgin (Yusuf Bilgin, vocals) -- Taksim in the maqam Segah (Suleyman Erguner Dede, ney) -- Peshrev : in the maqam Seddiaraban / Tamburi Cemil Bey (Ulvi Erguner, Niyazi Sayin, Aka Gündüz Kutbay, Dogan Ergin, ney ensemble).
Contents The hand of Myriam -- Amongst the musicians and dervishes of Istanbul -- First contacts with a lay society -- Traditional music and modernity -- The eye of my father -- The whirling dervishes ceremonies in Konya -- The first tours of the whirling dervishes outside Turkey -- In London, then Paris -- Classical music from Turkey and the western audience -- Meetings with Peter Brook -- Journey in Afghanistan -- Sheik Muzaffer and Sufism in the US -- The place of the traditional musician today -- Transmission -- The fountain of separation -- Islam, Sufism and the modern world -- Appendix 1: The Ney in the Mevlevi tradition ; Appendix 2: The ceremony of the whirling dervishes ; CD notes: Music from the Tekke of Istanbul from the archives of Kudsi Erguner.
Abstract Kudsi Erguner spent his childhood in the secret Sufi gathering places of Istanbul, mastering the reed flute of the Turkish Mevlevi tradition; and his adulthood roaming the world, performing with the likes of Peter Brook, Jean-Michel Jarre and Peter Gabriel. The collision of a vanishing way of life with a burgeoning 'world music' scene is beautifully evoked here, as Kudsi interweaves recollections from his childhood with his experiences in showbiz. This memoir sets out to share not only the final moments of a vanished community, but also to relate the encounter of traditional Sufi culture with the Western world. He raises issues relating to the transmission of a teaching both musical and spiritual, and the role of a "traditional" musician.
Local noteJoyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDINGS LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER CD-6468.
General noteAccompanying CD of rare archival recordings, Music from the Tekke of Istanbul.
ISBN0863565476 (pbk.)
ISBN9780863565472 (pbk.)

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