Manire, Aaron D (amanire@indiana.edu)
Sun, 14 Nov 1999 18:53:40 -0500
origins of marching bands. I came across this quote during some provocative
reading (see http://www.gyw.com/hakimbey/utoBlues.html).
"For the musician the power of inspiration can be transmuted into the power
of power. Consider for example the Turkish Janisseries, the Ottoman Imperial
Guard, who all belonged to the heterodox (wine-drinking) Bektashi Sufi
Order, and who invented military marching bands. Judging by European
accounts of Janissery bands, which always speak of the sheer terror they
induced, these musicians discovered a kind of psychological warfare which
certainly bestowed prestige on this very ambiguous group, made up of slaves
of the Sultan"
Any musicologists to confirm this?
Vivo Zumbi!
A Dario
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