HeyJaredSounding Board
Sounding Board is an audio series about South Asian music, Islamic sound arts and the Urdu literary tradition.
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The Recitation of Mir Anis - Naiyer Masud (opens the original)
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Naiyer Masud (1936-2017) was a noted Urdu scholar, critic and short story writer. The essay excerpted in this episode was published as part of his trailblazing 1990 book, “Marsiyakhwani ka Fann” (The Art of Marsiya Recitation). It analyzes the recitation style of the master Lucknow poet Mir Anis (1800-1874), and how it revolutionized the art form of the Urdu marsiya recitation. Masud narrates vivid anecdotes about Anis’s delivery from a variety of extant sources, delves into a discussion about t
Husain Kashifi and the Oratory of Karbala - Mujtaba Hasan Kamunpuri (opens the original)
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Allama Mujtaba Hasan Kamunpuri (1913-1974) was a Shi’i scholar from India. Born in Ghazipur, he earned his Ph.D. at Al-Azhar, and held various teaching and administrative roles at the Lucknow and Aligarh universities. The essay excerpted in this episode was published in a 1969 issue of the journal Sarfaraz. It talks about the central role of the Timurid scholar and orator Mulla Husain Vaez Kashifi (1436-1504) in shaping modern Shi’i oratory, and the Indo-Islamic mourning culture surrounding the
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