Friday, November 24, 2006

Zildjian Part 2

So we are in the 17th century in the biggest marked town from that time, Constantinople. After Avedis moved to Constantinople, he made there a manufacturing company which made the first cymbals which where transferred to other countries in the middle east. Avedis was getting older so it was the time to lead the secret of the making to the eldest son, Ahkam in 1651. As Ahkam leads the company the manufacturing begins to grow and more countries get to know about the Zildjian cymbals. European composers begin to include the cymbal in the music in 1960. The first one known to use cymbals in his music is Strungk, and he uses in his opera, named "Esther". After other composers get o know about the existence of a new instrument, they make their new composition that way that they could include the new instrument, the Zildjian cymbal. As the popularite of the cymbal spreaded in europe, many other composers got intrested. In 1782, Mozart composed his first masterpiece for the royal military, which included Zildjian cymbals. After the success of the cymbals in thies pieces Zildjian cymbals become univarsally recognized. In the 1800s the tradition goes to Avedis II who spread the hole marked around Europe as he appears on exibitions in Paris, London, Vienna and Bologna, and he also exibits in American. He won many medals for his perfect and quality products. As Avedis II passes away the business is passed to his younger brother Keropa becouse Avedis's sons were to young. In the 1868 a series of disarterous fires lead the family business in hole lot of problems and as they can repay their debts, they reseive an offer from Paris, to transfer the hole manufacture to Paris, but as the Sultan get notest about this makes a decision. He will help the hole family to get back to business. And so the manufacturing remains in Constantinople.

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