Name
Mimaroğlu, İlhan K. (İlhan Kemaleddin), 1926-2012 (Former owner)
Title
Ezan ve köpek / İnayet kanto anlatıyor
Other Titles
Call to prayer and dog / İnayet kanto interview
Collection Name
İlhan Mimaroǧlu Papers
Archival Context
Series I: Correspondence and personal materials. Subseries I.3: Music collection. Box no. 26, Item no. 430
Subjects
Kanto (Turkish popular music); Popular music--Turkey; Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.); Singers; Nightclubs; Dinner theater; Turkey--History--1918-1960; İzmir (Turkey); Istanbul (Turkey); Ferah Tiyatrosu https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31189597
Format
sound recordings; music
Genre
Oral histories; Interviews; Field recordings; Art music
Date
1971 November 4
Physical Description
2 audio files (part 1: 17 minutes, part 2: 17 minutes)
Note
Original format: cassette
Side A of the recording consists of a 4-minute field recording of dogs howling along to a recitation of the Islamic call to prayer, followed by a 9-minute interview with an unnamed woman regarding her experiences in the Turkish kanto cabaret scene dur ing the early to mid 20th century. Side B and the remaining 4 minutes of Side A are Western classical music (likely a commercial recording).
Language
Turkish
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/mxen-pn16