16 th Century Ottoman Music by Dimitri Kandemiroglu * 1673 makam-i Hüseyni Sakil-i Aga Riza

[dezastruos]

Dimitrie Cantemir !

[nu0am0nimic]

this man was a genius of Voltaire's kind

[bogdanbp84]

That would be 17th century

[Ahayri]

Magnificient! ;)

[Ludovicfirst]

He knew 11 languages!!!!

[liviubat1]

unde ai gasit-o ca e superba!

[AndyMKordo]

I love it!!! 

[Navodrock]

@TheRunescapeAddicted

A longa (Arabic: لونجا‎) is a genre in Turkish music that was adapted from the Romanian music, also influenced by the Byzantine music, with many elements of syrtos dance in the late 19th century. It was later adopted in Arabic music and is often performed at the end of a muwashshah.

It generally uses an iqa' equivalent to 2/4, with several sections called khanat (singular khana), each followed by a taslim (refrain). The last khana is generally in 3/4.

(From Wikipedia)

[AbdYam93]

@Navodrock Turkish Culture is an adoption of Ottoman Culture, wich consisted of multiple culture's it had under it's control.

[Navodrock]

@TheRunescapeAddicted In Turkish is not Kandemir. it is Dimitri Kantemiroğlu.

Dimitrie Cantemir

"Romen Prensi (1673-1723) 1698 -1710 yılları arasında İstanbul'da yaşadı. Tarih ve Musikî araştırmacısı. "Osmanlı Devleti'nin yükselişi ve gerileyişinin tarihi" adlı bilimsel eserin yazarı. Bu yere 330. doğum yılı anısına "Maçka - Dimitrie Cantemir Parkı" adı verilmiştir."

(From Wikipedia). You should be proud that people from foreign countries did that big of a contribution to the Turkish culture

[rofrno]

@TheRunescapeAddicted Ok, if you think it is Turkish, then for you it's Turkish. But the name is not Turkish. There are even cities and regions in Romania and Moldova with the name Cantemir. And there are also a lot of people with this name. I doubt that in Turkey there are people with this name.

Oh and by the way, I did a research about the name. It comes from Mongolian, not from Turkish. In Moldova there are many people of Mongolian decent.

[rofrno]

@TheRunescapeAddicted Dimitrie Cantemir even wrote a book about Moldova, in Romanian, and he always signed as Dimitrie Cantemir, not as Dimitrie Kantemiroglu(Kantemiroglu - his name made to look Turkish). And Kantemir does not work in Turkish language because Turkish uses vowel harmony and the letter a is rarely near the letters e or i...

And in Romania there are many people with the name Cantemir. I doubt that in Turkey there are people with the name Kantemiroglu...

[rofrno]

@TheRunescapeAddicted Well, Turkish music was influenced more by Arabic music (especially Egyptian) than it influenced other genres. Turkish adopted a lot of Arabic instruments (3ud / oud for example). And the Ottomans also adopted Egyptian style bellydancing and bellydance music. Even if it was a huge empire, it didn't left too many traces outside Turkey and the Balkans.

[rofrno]

@TheRunescapeAddicted No, his roots are not Turkish at all. His parents were Romanians, Orthodox Christians. Even the name Cantemir is Romanian of Christian origin. Turkish were Muslims.

During the ottoman empire a lot of Romanians were forced to move to Istanbul to study and to make music for the sultan. If they didn't do this the Turkish would kill their family. This happened to Constantin Brancoveanu. And this is when Dracula (Vlad Tepes) comes into the play...

[yklocnykl]

falxdacicus you just dont have any idea about Turkish culture.....

[falxdacicus]

longa (Arabic: لونجا‎) is a genre in Turkish music that was adapted from the Romanian music, also influenced by the Byzantine music, with many elements of syrtos dance in the late 19th century. It was later adopted in Arabic music and is often performed at the end of a muwashshah.

[TheJedite]

Magnificient...

[haesbe]

beautiful music . love it...