"Oud player tells a story of tradition with plenty of 'Zing'
During the centuries when the Ottoman Empire flourished, music was supported by the court and a Turkish tradition of classical music developed. Influenced by Arab, Persian and Byzantine elements, the Turks came up with something unique: mostly vocal, and not written down but passed from player to player and generation to generation by imitation and memorization."
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