Koroglu
Koroglu is a dance tune in a five-beat rhythm (2+3) that was well known to the farming populations of Asia Minor and the Aydın area in particular. In Turkish, köroğlu means “the son of the blind man” and the reference is to a famous troubadour whose reputation spread from Asia Minor as far as the Caucasus, Persia, and Central Asia. According to folk traditions and a famous epic narrative song also called “Koroglu” (possibly dating from the sixteenth century), the hero was a kind of Robin Hood figure who opposed the rich and the authorities and helped the poor. He thus assumed heroic proportions in the popular mind, although it is not possible to identify him with any specific historical personage.
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Koroglu
Koroglu is a dance tune in a five-beat rhythm (2+3) that was well known to the farming populations of Asia Minor and the Aydın area in particular. In Turkish, köroğlu means “the son of the blind man” and the reference is to a famous troubadour whose reputation spread from Asia Minor as far as the Caucasus, Persia, and Central Asia. According to folk traditions and a famous epic narrative song also called “Koroglu” (possibly dating from the sixteenth century), the hero was a kind of Robin Hood figure who opposed the rich and the authorities and helped the poor. He thus assumed heroic proportions in the popular mind, although it is not possible to identify him with any specific historical personage.
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