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Another worldwide recognized name from the underground music scene of Turkey is Mert Yücel. Yücel was responsible for the first house music album to be released in Turkey. He also had worldwide acclaimed and respected releases on US and UK dance labels. [33] He is one of the key names defining the underground house sound emerging from Istanbul.
The English name of Turkey (from Medieval Latin Turchia [1] /Turquia [2]) means "land of the Turks". Middle English usage of Turkye is attested to in an early work by Chaucer called The Book of the Duchess (c. 1368). The phrase land of Torke is used in the 15th-century Digby Mysteries.
Miniature of dancers and musicians performing at a circumcision ceremony.Dated 1530 from the Süleymanname. While it is well established that Ottoman music is closely related to its geographical neighbors, namely Byzantine, Persian and Arabic music, [9] early histories of Ottoman classical music, called "mythologies" by Feldman, emphasize a sense of continuity, as opposed to a synthesis of ...
It is the name of the first piece of music played during a group performance called a fasıl (Turkish pronunciation:). It also serves as the penultimate piece of the Mevlevi ayini , a ritual music of the Mevlevi Order , under the name son peşrev (final peşrev), preceding son semai .
Turkish music, in the sense described here, is not the music of Turkey, but rather a musical style that was occasionally used by the European composers of the Classical music era. This music was modelled—though often only distantly—on the music of Turkish military bands, specifically the Janissary bands .
Turkish folk music (Turkish: Türk Halk Müziği) is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Turkey influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former territories in Europe and Asia. Its unique structure includes regional differences under one umbrella. It includes popular music from the Ottoman Empire era.
According to William Henry Perrin’s “History of Summit County” (1881): “Turkey Foot Lake, probably the largest body of water in the county … is said to have been named for a noted Indian ...
The tambur is a fretted string instrument of Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire. [1] There are two variants, one of which is played with a plectrum (mızraplı tambur) and the other with a bow (yaylı tambur). The player is called a tamburî. [2]