Sacred Music and Chant in Islamic Central Asia

For a millennium, Central Asia has had a unified civilization linked by culture and economics, by a common political history, and, perhaps most crucially, by the cultural and religious preeminence of Islam. While adherents of other religions, particularly Orthodox Christianity and Judaism, have lived and continue to live in Central Asia, they have all in some measure adapted to the abiding influence of Islamic mores and institutions in the region. Yet Islam in Central Asia, although it is ubiquitous,...