Artist: Various Artists

Title: Folk Trad Music Turkey / Various

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2012

Label: Folkways Records

UPC: 093070440425

Genre: International

Album Tracks

1. Bir Rumeli Dugun Havasi
2. Hovarda Zeybek
3. K?R?Glu
4. Gen? Osman
5. Benim Yarim
6. Mecnun and Leyla
7. Sevdanin-Denizi
8. Folk Dance
9. Anadolu Kadin Oyunu
10. Sin Sin Oyun Havasi
11. Karadeniz Oyun Havasi
12. Kemen?Emin Telleri
13. Halay
14. Abdunun Mezari

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 baglama 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.