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	Encyclopedia: Music of Turkey
		The biggest Turkish pop star of the 20th century was probably Sezen Aksu, known for overseeing the Turkish contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest and was known both for her light pop music and her controversial stances on feminism, Serbia and the Cumartesi Anneleri.
		Kurdish music is characterized by simple melodies, with a range of only three or four notes, and strophic songs, in which an identical line of poetry and music occur at the end of each stanza.
		European classical composers in the 18th century were fascinated by Turkish music, particularly the strong role given to the brass and percussion instruments in Janissary bands.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-of-Turkey (5988 words)

	Classical Persian Music
		Before examining the music of the area, I think it is important to first of all be aware of some of the previous political events which have befallen this, one of the worlds' more 'historically colourful' (for want of a better turn of phrase) nations.
		From the final Pahlavi dynasty (1925 - 1979) music was restored to a position of esteem as part of a general period of westernisation of Iran (as it came to be known).
		Unfortunately since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, music in Iran is the subject of severe suppression, & the fate of this culture for the time being is largely in the hands of a few expatriate musicians in Europe & North America, & people like myself of western descent who have their own interests in it.
	www.star-one.org.uk /music/permus1.htm (2030 words)

	ipedia.com: Turkish music (style) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		When "Turkish" music was scored for orchestra, it normally used extra percussion instruments not otherwise found in orchestras of the Classical period: typically, the bass drum, the triangle, and cymbals.
		Turkish music also appears in works of Rameau, Michael Haydn, Rossini, Ludwig Spohr, and in two operas of Gluck, "Iphigenie auf Tauris" (1764) und "Die Pilger von Mekka" (1779).
		Turkish music commonly is found in finales, which (as Charles Rosen point out) are typically the most relaxed and loosely organized movements of Classical works.
	www.ipedia.com /turkish_music__style_.html (1498 words)

	Middle Eastern Music: A Very Brief Introduction
		Music in general is a very subtle, very complex subject, and it's difficult to render a discussion of it into writing.
		Classical music, for the most part, was the enduring music with a level of musicality and intricacy that could strike a chord (so to speak) with serious music lovers.
		The best-known Arabic classical music is probably a song called Lamma Bada Yata Thanna, a fascinating piece of music done in the samai rhythm, which is written in 10/8.
	www.shira.net /musicintro.htm (3815 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Halid Lemi Atli was born in Istanbul in 1869.
		She produced 7 vocal and instrumental musical pierces and rather known to be a stern advocate.
		Theories in the Turkish music solfeggio, Ottoman Military Band music and History of the music in the State Conservatory of the Turkish music, the Istanbul Technical University.
	www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/turkmus.htm (4761 words)

	Indian Classical Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The rationale is specifically contrast (usually), as opposed to Turkish music where modes are chosen for a directed development, or Arabic music where the frequent modulations should be as unnoticed as possible, etc.
		Hindustani music is the music of North India, involving both Hindu and Muslim musicians.
		Carnatic music is the music of South India, different in many of its terms and formal demands, although similar in overall outline.
	www.medieval.org /music/world/india.html (463 words)

	Croatian music, Bunjevci Croats in Backa
		Paula Preradovic's handwriting of music (by Mozart) and verses of Austrian anthem.
		He is godfather of the Music school for children in Pakrac, a town terribly destroyed during 1990-1995 Greater Serbian agression on Croatia.
		In music probably the most original contribution is the tamburitza, the Croatian national string instrument and one of the hallmarks of Croatia.
	www.hr /darko/etf/et12.html (10676 words)

	Classical Arabic Music,Arabic Music,Arabic Music CDs
		It’s also our belief that a rich cultural and musical heritage, such as Arabic Music, should be kept alive and available to our fellow Arab Americans, our fellow Americans and all folks who have the desire to know about, and listen to Arabic Music.
		A very diverse art form, Arabic Music, and later on, we will show the close relationship with Turkish and Persian Music, is listened to in a very vast region of the world.
		An Audio Musical Documentary and presentation that discusses, in detail, the various aspects of Arabic Music; its Maqamat, Forms and rhythms, supplemented with many musical examples from the Middle East and North Africa.
	www.classicalarabicmusic.com (530 words)

	Black History & Classical Music
		Classical music has been enriched by such contributions as long as it has existed.
		CBMR is devoted to research, preservation, and dissemination of information about the history of Black music on a global scale.
		The African American conductor Paul Freeman is Founding Musical Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta, an unusually inclusive orchestra whose mission is "Musical Excellence Through Diversity".
	chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com /History.html (536 words)

	Free Sheet Music Links
		Music by Arrangement " `` ``Music for orchestras, bands, and ensembles - specially arranged for the instruments you have available" Lots of free parts under their "Help and Advice" button.
		Kerby Music Free LDS choral and vocal music by Lindy Kerby.
		free organ, piano, choral music free organ and piano duets, free solos, free music for church choirs.
	www.freesheetmusic.net /sheet_music_5.html (11664 words)

	Dogstar Music - Free and Sample Sheet Music Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Music from the Middle Ages, at present only lyrics and midi files, and only in French.
		Classical guitar studies by Tarrega, Carcassi and Sanz, as well as the famous "Spanish Ballad" by Anonymous.
		This Website was conceived in 1996 both as a multimedia thematic catalog of the UNT Music Library's collection of twenty-one first and second editions of operas and ballets by the French Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, and as a nucleus for collecting information useful to anyone studying those works." Scanned-in files in PDF format.
	www3.telus.net /dogstarmusic/freeshee.htm (3935 words)

	arab-music.com / CDs
		Masters of Turkish Music / Munir Nurettin, Cemil Bey, Safiye, etc. / Historical recordings of Turkish classical music and folk music./ Rounder / Massachusetts /1990 / CD 1051
		THE DIVA OF ARAB MUSIC - OUM KOLTHOUM - AMAL HAYATI / OUM KOLTHOUM / / SIDI / Jeddah / 1994 / 94SDCD01B57
		THE DIVA OF ARAB MUSIC - OUM KOLTHOUM - ENTA OMRI / OUM KOLTHOUM / / SIDI / Jeddah / 1994 / 94SDCD01B60
	www.arab-music.com /cd01_e.html (3608 words)

	PEER MUSIC HAMBURG - CLASSICAL - Ihre Adresse für neuzeitliche klassische Musik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"[He] brings Chinese music into a new era which is both ancient and modern....
		His music is sober but at the same time emotional, deeply expressing the original vitality of the folk life and folk arts....
		"His music is somewhere between atonal and tonal, and he has found a very personal and strong language in dark colours, gripping in the contrast between extremely lyrical passages and inexorable rhythms." (Mirjam Tschopp)
	www.peermusic-classical.de (354 words)

	Worldwide Internet Music Resources: National, International, and World Music
		African Music Archive of the Institute of Ethnology and African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
		Music under Soviet rule / maintained by: Souther Illinois University at Edwardsville
		This music resource list is offered as a service of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University.
	www.music.indiana.edu /music_resources/ethnic.html (453 words)

	arab-music.com / Bibliography
		A HISTORY OF ARABIAN MUSIC (to the 13th century) / Henry George Farmer / Luzac and Co, LTD. / London / (1928) 1973 / English/History of Arabian music until 13c.
		THE MUSIC OF THE ARABS / Habib Hassan Touma / Amadeus Press/ Portland, U.S.A. / 1996 / English/ Introduction to the Arab music
		Music of the Ottoman Court/ Walter Feldman/ VWB / Berlin / 1996/ English/ Essays on Classical Turkish music
	www.arab-music.com /biblio_e.html (2041 words)

	200 International Music Links 20,000 Volkslieder German and other Folk Songs Genealogy Ahnenforschung Folksongs Gospel ...
		The Classical Music Navigator Information on 444 classical composers, arranged in ways that help users expand their awareness of musical works complementing and extending their already-existing likes.
		Classical Sheet Music and MIDIs from Leonid Portnoy
		Irish Music Magazine for news, views and more on the Irish Folk and Trad scene.
	www.ingeb.org /midimidi.html (261 words)

	UW Libraries - Music Library - Ethnomusicology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Archive of Maori and Pacific Music at the University of Auckland
		Music, Myth, and History in the Mediterranean: Diaspora and the Return to Modernity Philp Bohlman
		Cultural dynamics and minority identity in music: An Ethnomusicological Case Study of the Swedish-Finnish Popular Music in the Dancehalls of Gothenburg Pekka Suutari
	www.lib.washington.edu /music/world.html (959 words)

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