Excerpt of the Shishtrī section of the Īsāwiyya ceremony.
Īsāwiyya of La Marsa.
2014-06-27
Description
Īsāwiyya of La Marsa performing the Shishtrī section (Andalusī song) of their devotional ceremony (ḥaḍra) during a ceremony at the shrine of Sīdī Belḥassen. Excerpt illustrates the concept of Sequential Intensification with rhythmic modulations from bṭāyḥī to dkhul brāwil to khatm.
Keywords: Sufi music; ritual music; 'Īsāwiyya Sufi order; Andalusī music; Tunisia.
Accompanies ... read morechapter 2 of: Jankowsky, Richard C. Ambient Sufism: Ritual Niches and the Social Work of Musical Form. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020.read less