Harmonia Early Music

Portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent by Titian, c.1530

Ottomania, Part 1

For more than 600 years, the Ottoman or Turkish Empire governed much of the Mediterranean and Western Asia. As relations with Christian Europe ebbed and flowed, Ottoman culture left a huge impact on the arts. This week on Harmonia, join us as we listen to some of the ways this relationship played out over the centuries. Read More »

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Painting titled Il Decamerone (1870) by Severin Falkman

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Ottomania, Part 1

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