Summary: While the Ottoman Empire was undoubtedly home to rich and diverse musical traditions, the subject of Ottoman music has often evaded historical analysis due to the scant nature of pre-nineteenth century sources on the subject. In this podcast, Mehmet Uğur Ekinci provides a general outline of the history of music during the Ottoman period along with its various waves of transformation and discusses his upcoming publication of Kevseri Mecmuası, an eighteenth century musical treatise that provides a rare glimpse of notation in Ottoman music before the nineteenth century. We also provide a number of recordings of Ottoman music composed during different periods. Mehmet Uğur Ekinci is a PhD student at SOAS in London and a professional kanun player (see academia.edu) Chris Gratien is a PhD candidate studying the history of the modern Middle East at Georgetown University (see academia.edu)
