Ahmet Adnan Saygun Context and Influences

Studied with Vincent d’Ivingny and Eugine Borrel in Paris under government scholarship. late
Romanticism and Impressionism

Learned a great deal from Bartok during their visit to Turkey.

In the late Ottoman period, Saygun, who was part of a wealthy class was exposed to Ottoman
military bands, and performances of Western works by chamber music ensembles.

His father, a lawyer, was an amateur oud player, and his mother enjoyed singing folk songs.