Janissary music

noun

1. music characteristic of or imitative of that played by a Turkish military band, typically employing cymbals, triangles, bass drum, and Turkish crescents.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Janissary music¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Gardiner takes the passage nearly twice as fast as most other conductors do, and as a result it sounds fitting, a natural outgrowth of the period's fascination with martial Janissary music.

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Here they are, dear Moscheles," he says, "wind instruments and fiddles, for the son and heir must not be kept waiting till I come—he must have a cradle song, with drums and trumpets and janissary music; fiddles alone are not nearly lively enough.

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My cousin Trenck made his approach about nine in the evening, with his pandour and janissary music, and set fire to several houses. 

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