Folk and Traditional Music from Turkey (1953) CD

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives. The original liner notes from the LP are included."

This collection of Turkish music consists of different traditional and folk music from the various regions of Turkey. Listeners can also gain a sense of the different traditional instruments of turkey including the bağlama or saz, a traditional Turkish stringed instrument, as well as the percussion of wooden spoons which are played in the manner of castanets. The collection also includes the Turkish version of Romeo and Juliet or as they are known in Turkey, Mecnun and Leyla.

101     Bir Rumeli Dugun Havasi      Istanbul University Folk Chorus and Folk Instrumental Group      2:39       
102     Hovarda Zeybek     Musicians with violin, kanun, clarinet, and darbuka     3:14                          
103     Köröglu     Mixed singers, instrumentalists     2:55                                                    
104     Genç Osman     Ankara Radio Folk Music Group     2:52                                                    
105     Benim Yarim     Minstrel and his female partner from Middle Anatolia     3:00                            
106     Mecnun and Leyla     Asik Veysel     2:46                                                                
107     Sevdanin-Denizi     Basharan     3:15                                                                    
201     Folk Dance     Folk Instrumental Ensemble     2:33                                                        
202     Anadolu Kadin Oyunu     Osman Pehlivan     2:47                                                          
203     Sin Sin Oyun Havasi     Folk Instrumental Ensemble     2:30                                              
204     Karadeniz Oyun Havasi     Black Sea folk singer with kemenche     2:55                                  
205     Kemençemin Telleri     Black Sea folk singer Sadik     2:58                                              
206     Halay     Davul and zurna players from Malatya     2:59                                                    
207     Abdunun Mezari     Male singer, violinist     3:28