Probably all I'm going to get are meme responses because of all the ottoman shilling here but i just recently realised...

Probably all I'm going to get are meme responses because of all the ottoman shilling here but i just recently realised this and it was somewhat eye opening.

Mozart wrote at least at least two pieces of music influenced by Ottoman Empire at the time.
One is the Turkish March : youtube.com/watch?v=uWYmUZTYE78
Other is Il Seraglio : youtube.com/watch?v=kvefmK6LNwc

It shows how influential the Ottoman Empire was at the time.
I dont like comparing past to today as its never really proper but it was basically like how USA is today. Those pieces of music would be like Hotel California of today except more significant because Mozart has certainly stood the test of time.

Before realising this Ottoman Empire was just another empire that conquered this conquered that lost this battle and fell because of this etc etc...

But there was a time where people lived with that Empire as reality on their doorstep. It must have even looked impressive to them to have composed music influenced by it.

Also I think influencing Mozart to write a timeless piece is way more impressive feat than conquering any city. It requires a kind of power that you cant simply acquire with siege engines and swords.

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>Also I think influencing Mozart to write a timeless piece is way more impressive feat than conquering any city. It requires a kind of power that you cant simply acquire with siege engines and swords.

Wow, what a cuck.
>muh music is more powerful than siege engines and swords

I mean I appreciate music, but it's literally not that important at all.

well ottoman empire is gone but mozarts turkish march still exists so

the effects of Ottoman rule still persist today and have defined the region.

It exists as much as much as Rome and Classical Greece exists for many.

it exists mostly as WE WUZ PASHAS N SHIET
whereas anyone who is slightly cultured knows about mozart

Did you really derive all of this shit because one of the most famous musicians of the time wrote some shit about a place? Are flutes now the hallmark of European culture since he wrote Die Zauberflote? Was the Polish military a super power since Chopin wrote the Polonaise Militaire? Are you fucking retarded?

Yes? Orientalism was beginning to become en vogue already then, see also Goethe's "West–östlicher Divan". The trend continues to develop into the romantic era and is at its "peak" during the late 19th and early 20th century in France as it is muddled with their particular sinophilia.

What's up with all the Mozart threads lately? Were you banned from /mu/ user? Don't come here memeing Memezart.

>the greatest composer of all time is a meme
End yourself you heathen

>the greatest composer of all time
Who ever called Bach a meme? I was talking about Mozart.