started using his current name, Zülfü Livaneli, on his new album, Chants Révolutionnaires Turcs (Turkish Revolutionary songs) in 1971 or 1973. When he was in...

Génies comme il n’y en a point, contes moraux orientaux, persans, arabes, turcs, anglais, français, etc., les uns pour rire, les autres à dormir debout...

were taught chanting and vocal techniques. The music of the religious schools became popular outside the churches; the melodies of chants were adapted...