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In that movement from the violin concerto we posted of late, you will possibly have notice or already been aware that Mozart utilizes or invokes a Turkish theme; a musical device fairly common with some famous 17th and 18th century composers -- and doubtless the practice of adopting Eastern music in the West spans much, much further back in time than that. Well, here are three samples of authentic Turkish music such as composers Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven might have heard. The first is a martial air; the second a conventional song from the 18th century, and the third a violin work which sounds something like "Fritz Kreisler meets Django Reinhardt."
["Ottoman Army Music from early 17th century" -- Ottoman Military Band with alias Mehter]
["Turkish Music from 18th century - Yine bir gülnihal" by Hamamizade Ismail Dede Efendi and played by Sarband]
["Turkish Music - Violin" -- by Kemani Haydar Tatliyay; performed by ?]
How only fitting that the logo used by King County should be that of a Martin Luther King impersonator.
You may find it disagreeable to hear but, even so, you need to know the truth, and that is that real science is not someone pretending to do real science.
