MUSIC OF CYPRUS
The music of the island of Cyprus is very strongly connected with the musical traditions of
Ancient Greece, the Byzantine Empire and the Greek islands. Furthermore, Cyprus can be
classified as one of the several cultural areas of the Greek...
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MUSIC OF CYPRUS
The music of the island of Cyprus is very strongly connected with the musical traditions of
Ancient Greece, the Byzantine Empire and the Greek islands. Furthermore, Cyprus can be
classified as one of the several cultural areas of the Greek civilization.
However, traces of strange musical or other cultural elements can be found because Cyprus
has been occupied many times in history by Westerners and Easterners. That is to say,
minorities stayed on the island after the end of their rule, such as the Muslims or the Turks, the
British, and other Western Christians continue their musical traditions, but Cyprus reserved its
own character. Especially as the relation between the Cypriot traditional music and the western
music is concerned, this relation is very weak.
The analysis of Cypriot tunes, however, reveals that some of them are performed in the major
and minor scales. The melodies in these scales are very few and one should not consider them
as part of the local people
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