She Past Away - Durdu Dünya (DOOMER version)
Details
| Title | She Past Away - Durdu Dünya (DOOMER version) |
| Author | Eumeswil |
| Duration | 5:43 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=xW1pIhXSujw |
Description
'... not only attired in grand gala and holding a large soupé as well as a ball, but the palace and the middle prospect of the garden were illuminated with many lanterns, and an entrée in oriental costume through the garden followed by a ballet in the ballroom was staged by the palace opera troupe.'
Hofmarschall (Chief Court Marshal) Prince Johann Josef Khevenhüller-Metsch describes a Turkish celebration held at Schönbrunn on 3 October 1743
Not without my janissaries: the fashion for all things Turkish seized the whole of Europe in the eighteenth century, and the Viennese Court took to holding celebrations and wearing costumes alla turca.
The fashion for all things Turkish reached its peak in the eighteenth century, with Ottoman emissaries arriving in Paris, Vienna and Berlin. The magnificent receptions they hosted fuelled Western notions of a faery realm of untold riches.
