Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari
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Abu-al-Hasan Ali ben Abdallah al-Nuymari as-Shushtari (Arabic: ابو الحسن الششتري) or Al-Sustari (Guadix
, 1212-Damietta
, 1269) was an Andalusian Sufi poet. His poetry was designed to be sung, in songs employing simple monorhymes to praise God with everyday musical idiom, which won wide recognition beyond the hundreds of disciples in his own Shushtariyya brotherhood.
Guadix
Guadix, a city of southern Spain, in the province of Granada; on the left bank of the river Guadix, a sub-tributary of the Guadiana Menor, and on the Madrid-Valdepeñas-Almería railway...
, 1212-Damietta
Damietta
Damietta , also known as Damiata, or Domyat, is a port and the capital of the Damietta Governorate in Egypt. It is located at the intersection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile, about north of Cairo.-History:...
, 1269) was an Andalusian Sufi poet. His poetry was designed to be sung, in songs employing simple monorhymes to praise God with everyday musical idiom, which won wide recognition beyond the hundreds of disciples in his own Shushtariyya brotherhood.
Recordings
- Ritual sufí andalusí, al-Shushtari, Omar MetiouiOmar MetiouiOmar Metioui is a Moroccan classical musician.Metioui originally trained as a pharmacist, then concentrated on performance of the oud , or Arabic lute, as well as performance as a vocalist...
, Eduardo PaniaguaEduardo PaniaguaEduardo Paniagua is a Spanish architect and musician, specializing in medieval Spanish music.Between 1966 and 1983, he was a member of the group Atrium Musicae de Madrid, led by his older brother Gregorio, playing wind instruments and percussion...
, Madrid, Pneuma, 1998 - Dhikr y sama':canto religioso de la cofradía sufí-andalusí al-Shushtari. Poemas del místico al-Shushtari, Omar MetiouiOmar MetiouiOmar Metioui is a Moroccan classical musician.Metioui originally trained as a pharmacist, then concentrated on performance of the oud , or Arabic lute, as well as performance as a vocalist...
, Eduardo PaniaguaEduardo PaniaguaEduardo Paniagua is a Spanish architect and musician, specializing in medieval Spanish music.Between 1966 and 1983, he was a member of the group Atrium Musicae de Madrid, led by his older brother Gregorio, playing wind instruments and percussion...
, Madrid, Pneuma, 1998.