Shāh Esmā'il and His Three Wives

A Persian-Turkish Tale as Performed by the Bards of Khorasan
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-47121-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World

This book is the first full text and translation of a prosimetric tale from the rich repertoire of Central and West Asian bards to be published with ready access to recordings of both the prose narration and the sung verse. In Iranian Khorasan, bards known as bakhshi present tales that in other regions are performed wholly in a Turkic language with prose narration in Persian, Khorasani Turkish or Kurmanji Kurdish and most verses in Turkish. We compare portions of the full performance transcribed here with excerpts from two performances of Iranian bakhshis in the 1970s. Three introductory chapters and a commentary discuss musical and verbal dimensions of the bakhshi’s art in relation to relevant social, historical, and literary contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Youssefzadeh, Ameneh

Blum, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Iranische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Figures, Maps, and Music Examples

Transliteration, Transcription, and Other Editorial Policies

Part 1: The Bakhshis and Their Art

1 The Multilingual Bards of Northern Khorasan

1 Peoples and Languages of Northern Khorasan

2 Storytelling in Multi-Ethnic Iran

3 The Khorasani Bakhshi

4 Contexts of Performance

2 Characters and Imagery of the Dastan of Shah Esma'il and Golzar Khanom

1 The Historical Shah Esma'il II

2 Summary of the Dastan in Rowshan’s Version

3 Attributes of the Characters

4 Women

5 Garden, Rose and Nightingale

6 Gazelles and Hunters

7 Journeys

8 Complaints

9 Threats and Maxims

3 Performance Practice of the Bakhshis

1 Verse and Tune

2 Melody-Types: Ahang and Maqam

3 Performance Styles

Part 2: Text and Translation of Shah Esma'il and Golzar Khanom

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Part 3: Commentary

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Episode 12

Episode 13

Episode 14

Episode 15

Episode 16

Episode 17

Episode 18

Episode 19

Episode 20

Episode 21

Appendix: Outline of Yeganeh’s Performance of Shah Esma'il and Golzar Khanom

Glossary

Bibliography

Discography

Index of Dastans

Index of Names

Über Autor(innen)

Ameneh Youssefzadeh, Ph.D. (1997), Nanterre University, is co-consulting editor of music at Encyclopaedia Iranica (New York). Her publications include several articles, book chapters, CDs, and a monograph, Les bardes du Khorassan iranien: le bakhshi et son répertoire (Paris 2002).

Stephen Blum is Professor of Music Emeritus at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His publications deal with general topics (composition, improvisation, modern music history, cultural interaction) and with specific musical practices of Iran, Kurdistan, Europe, and North America.