Beste

O'Connell, John Morgan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9035-4843 2013. Beste. Fleet, Kate, Krämer, Gudrun, Matringe, Denis, Nawas, John and Rowson, Everett, eds. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three, Brill, pp. 52-53. (10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_24017)

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Abstract

The beste (pl. besteler) is an important vocal genre in Turkish art music. Derived from the Persian word basta (“bound”), the beste is a composition which consists of two couplets configured into a single four-line strophe. Characteristic of the murabba (murabbaʿ) form, each line (mısra; mıṣrāʿ) adheres to a particular rhyme scheme where all lines rhyme with the exception of line 3; that is, the first line of the second couplet (beyt).

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Music
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music
Publisher:	Brill
ISBN:	9789004252677
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 07:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/99082

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