Janissary music

American

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of Janissary music

First recorded in 1885–90

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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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