After 1683, when Polish troops saved Vienna from a Turkish siege, Turkey was no longer a threat to Western Europe and became a symbol of the mysterious Orient. For European musicians, however, Turkey was less nebulous, as Turkish instruments (including drums, cymbals, and triangles) entered the European orchestra and composers emulated the sound ...
The three French women who call themselves Les Fin'Amoureuses are refreshingly candid about the goals of this experiment in East-West fusion, which takes its place among a number of discs that have drawn on the multicultural music of medieval Spain and, more daringly, on Ottoman Turkish experiments with Western music. "Our artistic considerations ...
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