Influence of Islam on Western Music
Many parts of classical Western music is based on influences from Turkish, Arabic, African music.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC: Hyden (Military” Symphony 1794 ), Beethoven (The Ruins of Athens, premiered in Pest in 1812, and Rule Britannia“ and “Malbrouck s’en va-t-en guerre” ), Rameau, Rossini, Ludwig Phorr and Gluck (“Iphigenie auf Tauris” (1764) und “Die Pilger von Mekka” (1779). )– all of who based many of their famous themes on the Muslim Ottoman Turkish Jannesarian Military music, still perennially popular in Vienna and Germany.
Those wanting to improve their love life are discovering the drumbeat of “Bolero” (the best known love making music) which is also based on Mehter Music (Muslim Turkish, Jannesiarian Military music).
BLUES: Music based from African music from many Muslim countries of West Africa. Elvis Presly took Gospel and Blues and created his own genre.
Many of the instruments used in orchestras are of Turkish origins.
