Turkish March
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A Turkish march
or marcia alla turca is a march
written by a classical
composer in the so-called Turkish style
that includes particular rhythmic patterns and often features piccolo
s, cymbals, bass drum
s and triangle
s.
Turkish March may refer to the following specific pieces of classical music
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Turkish March
A Turkish march or marcia alla turca is a march written by a classical composer in the so-called Turkish style that includes particular rhythmic patterns and often features piccolos, cymbals, bass drums and triangles....
or marcia alla turca is a march
March (music)
A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's Götterdämmerung to the brisk military marches of John...
written by a classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
composer in the so-called Turkish style
Turkish music (style)
"Turkish music", in the sense described here, is not music of Turkey, but rather a musical style called Alla turca that was occasionally used by European composers of the 17th and 18th centuries...
that includes particular rhythmic patterns and often features piccolo
Piccolo
The piccolo is a half-size flute, and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. The piccolo has the same fingerings as its larger sibling, the standard transverse flute, but the sound it produces is an octave higher than written...
s, cymbals, bass drum
Bass drum
Bass drums are percussion instruments that can vary in size and are used in several musical genres. Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished. The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum . It is the largest drum of...
s and triangle
Triangle
A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted ....
s.
Turkish March may refer to the following specific pieces of classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
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- Turkish MarchTurkish March (Beethoven)The Turkish March is a well-known classical march theme by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written in the Turkish style popular in music of the time....
by Beethoven (part of Op. 113 No. 4): Die Ruinen von Athen (The Ruins of AthensThe Ruins of AthensThe Ruins of Athens , Opus 113, is a set of incidental music written in 1811 by Ludwig van Beethoven. The music was written to accompany the play of the same name by August von Kotzebue, for the dedication of a new theatre at Pest....
). - The third movementMovement (music)A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
from W. A. Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K 331 is a sonata in three movements:#Andante grazioso — a theme with six variations#Menuetto — a minuet and trio#Alla Turca: Allegretto in A minor and major....
, more correctly known as Rondo Alla Turca - A section of the last movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 written in the style of a Turkish march.