Ney is a woodwind instrument of Classical Turkish Music. It is the major instrument of Sufi Music. Sufism is a mystic movement of Islam in Anatolia. Neyzen means "ney player" in Persian Language. Ney is made of cane and it is something like a primitive reed flute.
Neyzen Tevfik was the most popular ney player of Turkish Musical History. He was a homeless man and he had a private room in the biggest psychiatric hospital of Turkey. The professional musicians did not like the playing style of Neyzen Tevfik but all of the ordinary people who listened to his improvisations cried.
One of my friends gave me a CD of Neyzen Tevfik. I am continuously crying while listening to Neyzen Tevfik's improvisations which were recorded 60 or 70 years ago. I am sure that I am a better ney player than he was but I dont understand why I cry while listening to his improvisations. I am a terrorist and a paranoid and a sadist and a psychopathic and a conscienceless and an angry person and I never cry.
I am crying while writing this message.
Posted on Apr 6, 2002, 10:08 AM from IP address 213.243.30.4