Melancholic Modalities: Affect, Islam, and Turkish Classical MusiciansToday, teachers and performers of Turkish classical music intentionally cultivate melancholies, despite these effects being typically dismissed as remnants of the Ottoman Empire. Melancholic Modalities is the first in depth historical and ethnographic study of the practices socialized by musicians who enthusiastically teach and perform a present day genre substantially rooted in the music of the Ottoman court and elite Mevlevi Sufi lodges. Author