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With lyrics, and incorporating an English adaptation by Stella Lee, in 1953 the song was recorded in the USA as "Uska Dara - A Turkish Tale / Two Lovers" by Eydie Gormé [6] and Eartha Kitt. [7] The interpretation of the internationally known vocal star Eartha Kitt, accompanied by an instrumental set, could be based on that of Safiye Ayla.
Yemen Türküsü is a Turkish folk song (türkü means Turkish folk song) about Turkish soldiers who were sent to Yemen in World War I to fight a battle against Rebel Arabs for the Ottoman Empire. They went to Yemen from Mamuret-ul-Aziz (El-aziz), a city in the east of Turkey. They all died in Yemen.
Haydar Haydar is a well known traditional mystical Turkish folk song. The lyrics of the song come from "a poem by 17th century Alevi-Bektashi poet Kul Nesîmî that vocalizes an internal struggle with God."
Prince Dimitrie Cantemir: Theorist and Composer of Turkish music. Pan Books. ISBN 975-7652-82-2. Signell, Karl (1977). Makam: Modal practice in Turkish Art Music. Asian Music Publications. ISBN 0-306-76248-X. Stokes, Martin (2010). The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy in Turkish Popular Music. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77505-0.
The English translation of the title is "May not be". [1] ... Turkish music and lyrics are by Şanar Yurdatapan. [4] Related Dances and Songs
Ashik Ağalar Mikayılov playing the saz Ashugh Jivani (center, playing the kamani) with instrumentalists Soviet stamp from 1962 devoted to Sayat-Nova's 250 anniversary.. An ashik (Azerbaijani: aşıq; Turkish: âşık) or ashugh (Armenian: աշուղ; Georgian: აშუღი) [1]: 1365 [2] [3] is traditionally a singer-poet and bard who accompanies his song—be it a dastan (traditional ...
Uska Dara" ("A Turkish Tale") is a 1953 song made famous by Eartha Kitt, and also recorded by Eydie Gormé. [1] It is based on the Turkish folk song "Kâtibim" about a woman and her secretary traveling to Üsküdar. On early American recordings, this adaptation is credited to Stella Lee. [2]
Sama'i (also known as usul semai) is a vocal piece of Ottoman Turkish music composed in 6 8 meter. This form and meter (usul in Turkish) is often confused with the completely different saz semaisi, an instrumental form consisting of three to four sections, in 10 8 meter, or usul aksak semai (broken semai in Turkish).