Contents

pp v-vi

List of Musical Examples and Figures

pp vii-ix

List of Images

pp x-xi

A Note on Orthography and Transliteration

pp xii-xiv

Turkish Musical Symbols and the Intonation of Ottoman Music

pp xv-xvi

Preface

pp xvii-xx

Acknowledgements

pp xxi-xxiv

Part I History and Culture of the Mevlevi Dervishes

pp 1-2

Introduction: Continuities and Ruptures in the Mevlevi Tradition

pp 3-11

1 - Defining the Mystical Music of the Mevlevi Dervishes

pp 12-33

2 - The Mevlevi Phenomenon

pp 34-56

3 - Development and Cultural Affinities of the Mevlevi Ayin

pp 57-84

4 - The Ney in Mevlevi Music

pp 85-111

5 - The Mevlevi Neyzen as an Ideal Representative of Ottoman Culture

pp 112-132

Part II Music of the Mevlevis

pp 133-134

6 - The Position of Music within the Mevleviye

pp 135-161

7 - The Musical Structure of the Ayin

pp 162-192

8 - Music, Poetry, and Composition in the Ayin

pp 193-217

9 - The Sema’i in the Third Selam and the Son Yürük Sema’i: Nucleus of the Antecedent Samā’?

pp 218-232

Postlude: Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire

pp 233-240

Glossary

pp 241-247

References Cited

pp 248-261

Index

pp 262-280