mehterhane

Japanese: mehterhane
mehterhane

…Information brought by the Crusaders who fought against the Turks in the 11th to 13th centuries led to a growing interest in Turkish military music, which made extensive use of various percussion and wind instruments. This led to the establishment of a fife-drum corps that added flutes to the traditional drum corps, and the use of the sharmai, the precursor to the clarinet. With the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Europe that began in 1521, European countries were swept up in the Turkish Janissary corps, and were deeply impressed by their military bands (mehterhane) and their performances. Vienna, in particular, was besieged by the Turkish army twice, in 1529 and 1683, and heard the mehterhane directly. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "mehterhane" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…11~13世紀にトルコと戦った十字軍によってもたらされた情報で,各種の打楽器・管楽器を多用するトルコ軍楽への関心が高まり,従来のドラム隊に横笛を加えた〈鼓笛隊〉が設置されたり,クラリネットの前身となったシャルマイが使用されるといった動きが見られる。 1521年に始まるオスマン帝国のヨーロッパ侵攻によって,ヨーロッパ諸国はトルコの〈イエニチェリ〉軍団に席巻され,その軍楽隊〈メヘテルハーネmehterhane〉とその演奏に強烈な印象を受けた。ことにウィーンは1529年と1683年の2回,トルコ軍に包囲され,直接メヘテルハーネを耳にした。…

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