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Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale | Vol. 55 | June 2019

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I ki hezar aferin bon nidge Sultan olur

Dervishes Ceremonies in Constantinople Described by Western Travellers and Painters between Sixteenth and Eighteenth Century

Giovanni De Zorzi    Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    

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abstract

Between the sixteenth century and the eighteenth century many Europeans visited Constantinople, the new Ottoman capital, and wrote reports that took various aspects of its cultural and musical life into consideration. Among the recurring elements of such reports, we note the description of Dervishes and their ceremonies, often accompanied by engravings and very rarely by musical transcriptions. Through time, such a description became a topic (and a stereotype) both in literature and in fine arts. My article retraces and comments descriptions of Dervish ceremonies, in a chronological order, by Western travellers and scholars between sixteenth and eighteenth century, between the so-called Age of Exploration and Modernity.

Published
June 27, 2019
Accepted
May 14, 2019
Submitted
Feb. 14, 2019
Language
EN

Keywords: Dervishes • Mevlevî Ceremonies • Sufi Music • History of Sufism • Mevlevî Dervishes • Ottoman History • Western Travels History • Ottoman Classical Music • Dervish Ceremonies

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2019/01/004

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