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	Ottoman Military Music Mehter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Mehter music was a symbol of sovereignty and independence, and its ardent sounds instilled the soldiers with strength and courage.
		However, with the dissolution of the Janissary Corps by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826, the mehter bands were also dispersed, and not until Ferik Ahmed Muhtar Pasa founded the Imperial Military Museum in 1908 was it decided to revive the tradition.
		The mehter bands were primarily military bands, and those under the command of generals included war drums over one metre in height known as harbî kûs or kös.
	www.turkishculture.org /music/military.html (765 words)

	About Turkey
		The history of Mehter, which is known as the oldest military band of the world, was written in the 8th century and extends to the Orkun Inscriptions, the oldest written source of Turkish history.
		Mehter was re-established in the Military museum, in 1914 to represent the old Janissary Band and the army.
		Mehter, which lasted during the 1st World War, War of the Independence and the first years of the Republic, was abolished again in 1935.
	www.guidetoturkey.com /aboutturkey/info_tips/music/mehter.asp (694 words)

	Ottoman military band - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Ottoman Turkish, the band was generally known as mehterân (مهتران, a plural of mehter), though those bands used in the retinue of a vizier or prince were generally known as mehterhane (مهترخانه, meaning roughly, "a gathering of mehters").
		In 1911, as the empire was beginning to collapse, the director of Istanbul's military museum attempted a somewhat successful revival of the tradition, and by 1953—so as to celebrate the 500-year anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II—the tradition had been fully restored.
		Today, the music of the mehters is largely ceremonial, and considered by many Turkish people to be a stirring example of heroism and a reminder of Turkey's imperial past.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ottoman_military_band (528 words)

	Mehter
		The Mehter of the Sultan was the biggest, that of the Grand Vizier somewhat smaller, and that of a common governor simply small.
		The Mehter was re-established for the first time in 1914 by sultan Mehmet V Resad (1844-1918) to represent the old janissary Band and the army.
		A concert of the Mehter starts with the percussion announcing the arrival of the chief in a meter called evsat, 26/4 (5 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 4 -+ -4) and the davet, the greeting of the chief of the Mehter followed by his command to play.
	www.kirkpinar.50megs.com /mehter.htm (1358 words)

	Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture - Janissary (Mehter) Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The mehter was composed of drums and pipes, and would lead the army to war.
		When there was peace, the mehter was a sign of the ruler’s sultanate and the continued existence of the state.
		The Ottoman mehter contained wind instruments such as the zurna (similar to the oboe), the boru (bugle), the kurrenay and the mehter whistle.
	www.kulturturizm.gov.tr /portal/kultur_en.asp?belgeno=5884 (551 words)

	MEHTER (Ottoman Empire military band) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The musical instruments, which were in the "Tug" team during the time of the old Turkish states, are the prototypes of the Ottoman mehter.
		At that time, in addition to the musicians, who performed the mehter music; a tug and a historical team were added.
		Mehter interests the whole world with its different musical rhythm and concerts are widely performed inside and outside of Turkey.
	www.us-tr.com /icerik/music/mehter.html (684 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Mehter band used to play military marches during the Ottoman times and was usually associated with the janissary organization.
		Mehter music was the only vocal music where Turkish classical music modes and styles were used.
		Mehter music, and the organisation of the mehteqr band influenced Europe and it was embraced by the Europeans during the 18th century.
	www.byegm.gov.tr /yayinlarimiz/NEWSPOT/2000/March/N20.htm (842 words)

	Mehter.com, Osmanlı Askeri Bandosu, Mehter Marşları, Mehter Hakkında Bilgi
		The mehterhane which for centuries had exeburated the Ottoman soldiers and instilled fear into the enemies was abolished by Mahmud II on 15 June 1826 together with the Janissaries and the other palace corps.
		Until 1935 the Military Museum Mehter Band was playing historical Turkish music, but at that time the Minister of Defense Zekai APAYDIN deemed it the symbol of the Sultanate and abolished it because he deemed it inconsistent with its origins.
		After serious researches have been made, in 1953 the mehter band was for the third time in its history established, this time as six folded, and brought back to life per chance just by participation to the ceremonies of the 500th Anniversary of the Conquest of Istanbul on 29 May 1953.
	www.mehter.com /home.php?link=tarih&dil=en (546 words)

	Mehter, Ottoman Army band
		The Mehter band was established in 1299 when Osman Gazi was made bey or liege lord by the Seljuk sultan Keykubat III, who sent him a tabl (kettledrum) and finial as symbols of rank.
		The mehter band members form a crescent to perform, and play standing except for the nakkare players, who sit cross-legged at the right-hand tip of the crescent, followed anticlockwise by the zurnas, bass drums, cymbals and trumpets.
		The Mehter bands were primarily military bands, and those under the command of generals included war drums over one meter in height known as harbî kûs or kös.
	www.ottomansouvenir.com /Music/Mehter_Army_Band.htm (924 words)

	Peten Travels....ABOUT TURKEY
		However, with the dissolution of the Janissary Corps by Sultan Mahmud II in 1826, the mehter bands were also dispersed, and not until Ferik Ahmed Muhtar Paşa founded the Imperial Military Museum in 1908 was it decided to revive the tradition.
		The mehter band marches behind the commander of the band or çorbacıbaşı, who wears a headdress known as üsküf.
		The military mehter bands symbolised the sovereignty of the Ottoman state, and their powerful stirring music had a spirit which we can still appreciate today when listening to the museusin mehter band playing this sound out of the past.
	www.petentour.com /birgul/culture&folklore/loadpage.asp?id=mehter.htm (695 words)

	The Mehteran Band Travelogue \| TrekEarth
		Mehter is a kind of military music associated with the Turkish military traditions and a history of thousands of years.
		Mehter is the sound of thousands of years of Turkish military operations, the understanding of sovereignty and domination spread over the continents.
		The Mehter, which evolved and enhanced continuously as the time passed, spread to all the countries in the world in the time period between the Turkic states of the ancient times and the Ottomans of the contemporary times.
	www.trekearth.com /trip.php?tid=695&display=full (800 words)

	mezunusa.com
		In order to differentiate these three types of mehters in that period, it is necessary that the terminology had to be written in their full form.
		Due to the fact that in the formation MEHTER bands, of the majority of the instruments such as KÖS -davul-nakkare and zil are the kinds of the instruments beaten.
		MEHTER music has played a great role in the military successes of the Ottoman armies as far as the military music is concerned.
	www.mezunusa.com /turkey/1_4_3_11_3.cfm (6129 words)

	THE OTTOMAN MUSIC
		The most peculiar aspect of the Mehter music is the karabatak technique in which both the soft and thunderous parts are found together and which begins with the wind instruments gradually involving all other instruments.
		The Mehter music which reached its climax in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries by the able composers and performers, presented an appeal and inspiration for the European armies as well as the European composers.
		The Mehter Takımı was re-established by Hasan Tahsin Parsadan in 1952.
	www.turkmusikisi.com /osmanli_musikisi/the_ottoman_music.htm (6631 words)

	Mehter i- Mother of all brass bands DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Ankara Mehter leaves the Amsterdam Damsquare and we move to Islanbul to see the place where the most holy Sancak-i-Sherif (the flag of the islamic ruler) was waved.
		The Mehter with a flourish of oboes, trumpets and a ruffle of thundering drums is symbol of emperorship in Islamic states.
		But the Mehter had their finest hours when they played in front of the throne hall at the Topkapi Palace at the occasion that the most sacred Relics of the Muslim Faith, the Holy Flag of the prophet Mohamed was exposed.
	www.turkevi.nl /dvdmeht.htm (690 words)

	Janissary (Mehter) Music
		The mehter was no less sacred to the Ottomans than the standard.
		The plundering of the mehter was regarded as a sign of military defeat.
		As well as being a military band during times of war, the mehter’s musical aspect came more to the fore in times of peace.
	exoticmusicshop.com /sf-articles-of-Janissary_Mehter_Music-tp-12_15.htm (536 words)

	The Virtual FormGuide - AAP - Conners Goes On After Inspire's Death
		Mehter will head to Rosehill where she tackles the Four Seasons Nursery Hcp (1400m) while Nips, who has not raced since March, will resume in the TCL Kensington Stakes (1100m) at Flemington.
		Three-year-old Mehter will be Conners' sole flagbearer at Rosehill and despite an inglorious first-up last to Dearness, the four-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer rates her a knockout chance.
		Mehter's only win was over 1400m and she has a favourable draw in gate four.
	www.virtualformguide.com /cgi-bin/tvf/displaynewsitem.pl?20060127connersgoes.txt (377 words)

	Victorians Uncovered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Giridhari Mehter was confident that she would speak up to prevent his being unjustly convicted.
		In court, she testified that Mehter had broken into her bathroom and attacked her.
		Mehter proclaimed his innocence but he did not betray Alice.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/V/victorians/2_empire.html (425 words)

	Column: Islamic American knows the damage ignorance can do - Opinion
		As Mehter, a Muslim, sat in the back of the room and listened to the presentation, she thought about the many men she knows who had been detained at airports and wrongly accused of crimes.
		Mehter, a junior at Syracuse University, is a thin, serious and articulate woman with a soft voice.
		Her parents are from Southeast Asia, but Mehter was born and raised in Syracuse - a fact that surprised a high school acquaintance who once complimented Mehter on her English skills.
	www.dailyorange.com /news/2006/03/29/Opinion/Column.Islamic.American.Knows.The.Damage.Ignorance.Can.Do-1763036.shtml (646 words)

	Military Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
		The Ottomans were the first to bring musicians on campaign and to integrate music into the life and work of the army.
		After a town had been conquered, the Mehter preceded the conquering Ottoman commander on a procession through the town, playing slow-cadence marches in exotic minor modes.
		The boom of kettledrums (invented by the Mehter), the wail of oboes and clash of cymbals (another Turkish invention) was meant to glorify the conquest and impress upon the populace that they were now part of an entirely different civilization.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/Istanbul/Sights/Beyoglu/MilitaryMuseum.html (318 words)

	Ottoman Ecyad Castle
		It should be remembered that, if future generations are to tolerate cultural diversity, the awareness that cultural values, which emerge as a result of human creativity and by way of intercommunal influences, are indeed a common heritage must be instilled in of all societies.
		Ottoman Mehter music, which for centuries accompanied the marching Ottoman army into battle, still echoes in that of drum and zurna - an oboe-like woodwind instrument with seven holes above and one below - which are a part of folk culture all over Türkiye.
		Then comes the band master in the center, and behind him the çevgans (jingling instruments in the form of a crescent), zurnas, trumpets, nakkares (small kettledrums beaten with the hands or two sticks), cymbals, davuls (bass drums) and finally the kös drums (giant kettledrums) played on horseback.
	web.deu.edu.tr /atiksu/ana15/ana15.html (2071 words)

	News
		A member of the Clarrie Conners stable, she was lining up for her seventh start, having always shown ability but not always enjoying the best of luck in her early races.
		A $110,000 Magic Millions graduate, Mehter is the fifth name foal produced by the Listed winning mare Showzam — also dam of the metropolitan winners Senorita Peta and I Win — both by Senor Pete.
		Served another three times by Align since producing Mehter, Showzam is also the dam of the consistent four-year-old Petreni.
	www.thoroughbrednet.co.nz /highview01/News.asp?id=62 (328 words)

	User talk:Saposcat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the way, in the introduction to the "History" section of the Ottoman military band article, there is the following statement: "It is believed that individual intrumentalists may have been mentioned in the 8th-century-CE Orhun inscriptions, the oldest written sources of the people who would eventually become the modern Turks."
		It is believed that there was marching bands before mehter used by Turkic tribes.
		I think that is the part you are mentioning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User_talk:Saposcat (1212 words)

	AIKIDOCNY
		ousuf A. Mehter, 5th Dan in Aikido, is the Director and Chief Instructor of Aikido of Central New York, in Syracuse, NY.
		Mehter Sensei started his formal training in martial arts at the age of 17, and continued through high school, college, graduate school, and a previous career.
		Mehter Sensei is certified by the U.S. Aikido Federation and the International Aikido Federation, Tokyo, Japan.
	home.twcny.rr.com /aikidocny (611 words)

	February 2003 MilitaryMusic.com E-NEWS - Altissimo! Recordings - MilitaryMusic.com
		The various Mehter bands campaigned extensively with the Ottoman armies and vigorously supported their troops in battle with lively music.
		Mehter roughly translates from the Turkish into a number of meanings, which include musician, tent pitcher, and guard.
		The style was imitated, and developed from there, which combined with the introduction of newer instruments as the 19th century progressed, was essential in the formation of the modern military band that we know today.
	www.militarymusic.com /200302.htm (2996 words)

	[No title]
		There were many mehter, the size of which depended on the position of the authorities to whom they belonged.
		Only since 1952, when an old-style mehter ensemble was re-established inspired by the equally historical Scots Guards, have efforts been made to perform what is left of the traditional mehter music.
		Although in its repertoire the CD represents all types of compositions and improvisation nowadays performed in mehter bands, the selection of the pieces performed from the point of view of their musical quality and their recording, is less satisfying.
	www.iias.nl /oideion/journal/issue01/reviews/swets.html (3026 words)

	Light Millennium: Project 1453 - An Australian Story
		Beyond Islam and Orthodox Christianity, the inclusion of Catholic, Jewish, Protestant and other perspectives was a natural extension of the programme and momentum grew when the city of Constantinople/ Istanbul itself took centre stage as a feature, alongside issues of faith and history.
		Mehter and the New Varangian Guard at Flinder's Street Station in Melbourne.
		Right at this moment, Terry paused and the audience leaned forward in anticipation; they had seen and heard so much in the last two days and they wanted to know more; they were on the edge of their seats.
	www.lightmillennium.org /2003_summer/project1453.html (1997 words)

	The Vengeance of Lal Beg - The Smith Administration - From Sea to Sea - Rudyard Kipling, Book, etext
		The arain says that the chamar has no caste; the chamar knows that the mehter has none; and the mehter swears by Lal Beg, his god, that the od, whose god is Bhagirat, is without caste.
		But Jullundri, mehter, was a man to win the heart of woman, and he stole away Jamuna’s in the dusk, when she took the English babies for their walks.
		But Lal Beg, the very powerful God of the mehters, was not deceived, and he put a stumblingblock in the path of Jamuna that brought her to open shame.
	whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au /words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/FromSeaToSea/smithadmin_9.html (915 words)

	cem bando, mehter, muzik aletleri ,mehteran, ud, kanun , keman, ney, tanbur, lavta, kemençe, rebab, santur, kudüm, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The mehter as a military band were an essential elements of the Ottoman Empire.
		During the battles, mehter would create a tremendous din with mounted timpani, horns and bag pipes, adding to the blast of blunderbuss and cannon as the Ottomans marched through the Balkans into Central Europe.
		The instruments are a big drum (Kuvruk-Kos), the drum (tomruk-davul), cymbal (ceng-zil) etc. The historical sources indicate that the Turkish horn was famous by the name " Nay-i Turki" in the 12th century and was played in the battles.
	cembando.com /mehter_english_cem_bando_muzik.html (562 words)

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