Shāh Esmāʿil and his three wives : a Persian-Turkish tale as performed by bards of Khorasan
Bibliographic Information
Shāh Esmāʿil and his three wives : a Persian-Turkish tale as performed by bards of Khorasan
by Ameneh Youssefzadeh, Stephen Blum
(Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world, v. 12)
Brill, c2022
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ʻĀlamʹārā-yi Shāh Ismāʻīl
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Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-239), discography, and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
by "Nielsen BookData"