{"product_id":"shah-esma-il-and-his-three-wives-a-persian-turkish-tale-as-performed-by-the-bards-of-khorasan-9789004471214","title":"Shāh Esmā‘il and his Three Wives: A Persian-Turkish Tale as Performed by the Bards of Khorasan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   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 Dāstān of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār Khānom    1 The Historical Shāh Esmāʿil II    2 Summary of the Dāstān 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: Āhang and Maqām    3 Performance Styles      Part 2: Text and Translation of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār Khānom   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 Yegāneh’s Performance of Shāh Esmāʿil and Golzār Khānom   Glossary   Bibliography   Discography   Index of Dāstāns    Index of Names","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210829586775,"sku":"9789004471214","price":95.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shah-esma-il-and-his-three-wives-a-persian-turkish-tale-as-performed-by-the-bards-of-khorasan-9789004471214","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}