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Paris: Geuthner, 2011. First Edition. Large 8vo. 354 pp; [4pp color plates. Bibliography. Includes CD in rear pocket. Preface by Niccolas Elias. Color illustrated softcover in fine condition. The Yayla are the pastures where the yörük , nomads and semi-nomads Turkmen, lead their herds in May and it is now more often the place where these nomads ended up settling. Thus, in the southwest of Turkey, not far from the Mediterranean, in a few yayla from Western Taurus, musicians rehearse music over and over again to encourage relatives or friends to dance. The resulting monograph starts from this small country of dancers, its musical conceptions, its habits , exploring the concepts of rhythm, territory and minority. Questioning the deep nature of this rural world which remains very little studied by anthropology, the author proposes a "geomusicology": because music is here not only an object of study, but also a link between a landscape and men who inhabit it.

Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 2011. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 354, [4] p., 8 numerous color plates, 1 CD. "Les Yayla sont les estives où les yörük, nomades et semi-nomades turkmènes, mènent leurs troupeaux au mois de mai, dans de longues transhumances; et c est plus souvent, désormais, le lieu où ces nomades ont fini par se sédentariser. Ainsi, au sud-ouest de la Turquie, non loin de la Méditerranée, dans quelques yayla du Taurus occidental, des musiciens répètent à l'envi de petites musiques formulaires pour inciter des parents ou amis à danser. Ceux-ci enchaînent les figures bras levés, en tournoyant, sur un cycle de quatre pas, dont un suspendu. La musique du lieu révèle son charme discret, mais irrésistible: une métrique boiteuse omniprésente, des… Read More