From Rumi to the Whirling Dervishes - Music, Poetry, and Mysticism in the Ottoman Empire - Walter Feldman - Paperback Bog - Edinburgh University Press

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Walter Feldman traces the historical development of Mevlevi music and the spiritual legacy of Rumi. He brings to light the remarkable musical and mystical aesthetics of the Mevlevi ayin – the instrumental and vocal accompaniment to the sublime ceremony of the ‘Whirling’ Dervishes.