Frembgen, Jurgen Wasim - Nocturnal Music in the Land of the Sufis

In Nocturnal Music in the Land of the Sufis Jurgen Wasim Frembgen takes the reader along on his fascinating mystical journeys into the musical worlds of Pakistan. In dense description he tells about his personal experiences and emotions while participating in ecstatic nights of music at Sufi shrines, attending trance rituals and listening enraptured to sublime and refined classical music in private music rooms in Lahore. In his ethnographic narrative he unfolds authentic cultural contexts and life worlds in which music is deeply embedded, tracing how music is perceived and 'tasted' by listeners.

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CONTENTS

1 Nights of Music in the Wilderness
2 The Music Rooms of Lahore
3 Trance Rhythms at the Shrine of Shah Jamal
4 With Sufi Brothers on Pilgrimage to Baba Farid
5 Voices of the Fakirs at the King's Court