janissary music

noun

often capitalized J

1

a

: music of military bands formed on the Turkish model and featuring shrill fifes and loud oboes and drums, cymbals, triangles, and Turkish crescents

b

: orchestral or other music imitating this music or its qualities

called also Turkish music

2

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