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Turkish music

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 10, 2012 by oscarNovember 16, 2012
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Turkish music: a cultural cartographical survey What is today called Turkish music seems to be largely coming from Anatolia, but it also comes from the western side of the Bosporus. All this variety of music is in fact part of a widespread culture belonging to the larger area the …
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Posted in World music | Tagged anatolia, bosporus, music of africa, music of asia, music of europe, ottoman empire, turkey

Greek Rembetika

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 10, 2012 by oscarNovember 16, 2012

Cartography Greece is part of one of the Balkan peninsulas. One of the best known musical traditions from Greece is called Rembetika. To understand Balkan music, one first has to understand some cartography. Due to a turbulent past, today there are basically two interpretations of what the Balkans are: …
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Posted in World music | Tagged greece, music of europe, rembetika

Bosnian Sevdah

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 10, 2012 by oscarNovember 16, 2012

  Cartography Bosnia today is part of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and this in turn is part of one of the Balkan peninsulas. Bosnia’s best known musical tradition is called Sevdah. To understand Balkan music, one first has to understand some cartography. Due to a turbulent past, today there are basically two …
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Posted in World music | Tagged bosnia, music of europe, sevdah

Balkan music

Oscar van Dillen Posted on November 10, 2012 by oscarJuly 19, 2014

Balkan cartography Let us first look at a historical map of the Balkans during Ottoman times in 1699: To understand Balkan music, one first has to understand some cartography. Due to a turbulent past, today there are basically two interpretations of what the Balkans are: a narrow one, including …
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Posted in World music | Tagged balkan, music of europe

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