Book Chapters by William Sumits
The Music of Central Asia, ed. by Theodore Levin, Saida Daukeyeva, and Elmira Köchumkülova. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016
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The Other Classical Musics: 15 Great Traditions, ed. by Michael Church. London: Boydell & Brewer, 2015
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The Shi’i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity, ed. by Amyn Sajoo & Farhad Daftary. London: I.B. Taurus, 2015
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Journal Articles by William Sumits
Revue des Traditions Musicales des Mondes Arabe et Méditerranéen no. 10 : Mélanges offerts à Jean During. Paris: Éditions Geuthner, 2016
This study examines the musicians and musical life of 15th-16th Central Asia, and includes a full... more This study examines the musicians and musical life of 15th-16th Central Asia, and includes a full translation, facsimile, and analysis of a 19th century musical treatise entitled Tawārīkh-i Mūsīqīyūn, or the “Histories of Musicians”. The treatise was written in Chaghatai by Mullā Ismatullah Mojizī in the Central Asian city of Khotan in 1854, and is a biographical genealogy of Central Asian musicians that lived and worked in Herat, Khotan, and Yarkand during the 15th and 16th centuries. The analysis of this treatise draws on many historical sources in order to present a detailed background and overview of the creative musical atmosphere that surrounded the courts of the last Timurid ruler of Herat, Husayn Bāyqarā, and the 16th century ruler of the Yarkand Khanate, Abdurashid Khan.
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Conference Proceedings by William Sumits
Proceedings of the International Conference of Mugham. Baku: Ministry of Culture, 2011
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Proceedings of the International Symposium “Shashmaqam”. Dushanbe: Adib Publishers, 2014
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Proceedings of the International Symposium “Falak”. Dushanbe: Adib Publishers, 2014
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Conference Presentations by William Sumits
UNESCO Round Table : Musical Atlas of the Silk Road. Margilon, Uzbekistan. September, 2018
This paper is written for a general audience and explores some of the historical and musical conn... more This paper is written for a general audience and explores some of the historical and musical connections between various traditions found along the peripheries of the Indian Ocean.
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Musica e cultura da Herat a Istanbul. Università Ca’Foscari, Venice, Italy. March, 2017
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College of Drama and Music. Khartoum, Sudan, May , 2015
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Musical Geographies of Central Asia. SOAS, University of London. May, 2012
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International Symposium on Maqām. Weimar, Germany. November, 2011
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