Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale

Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 55 | 2019
Research Article | I ki hezar aferin bon nidge Sultan olur

I ki hezar aferin bon nidge Sultan olur

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

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.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 14, 2019 | Accepted: May 14, 2019 | Published June 27, 2019 | Language: en

Keywords Ottoman HistoryMevlevî CeremoniesDervish CeremoniesOttoman Classical MusicMevlevî DervishesSufi MusicDervishesWestern Travels HistoryHistory of Sufism


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