How Long to Read The Singing Turk

How Long Does it Take to Read The Singing Turk?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 35 minutes to read The Singing Turk by Larry Wolff

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

While European powers were at war with the Ottoman Empire for much of the eighteenth century, European opera houses were staging operas featuring singing sultans and pashas surrounded by their musical courts and harems. Mozart wrote The Abduction from the Seraglio. Rossini created a series of works, including The Italian Girl in Algiers. And these are only the best known of a vast repertory. This book explores how these representations of the Muslim Ottoman Empire, the great nemesis of Christian Europe, became so popular in the opera house and what they illustrate about European–Ottoman international relations. After Christian armies defeated the Ottomans at Vienna in 1683, the Turks no longer seemed as threatening. Europeans increasingly understood that Turkish issues were also European issues, and the political absolutism of the sultan in Istanbul was relevant for thinking about politics in Europe, from the reign of Louis XIV to the age of Napoleon. While Christian European composers and publics recognized that Muslim Turks were, to some degree, different from themselves, this difference was sometimes seen as a matter of exotic costume and setting. The singing Turks of the stage expressed strong political perspectives and human emotions that European audiences could recognize as their own.

How long is The Singing Turk?

The Singing Turk by Larry Wolff is 505 pages long, and a total of 128,775 words.

This makes it 170% the length of the average book. It also has 157% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Singing Turk Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 43 minutes to read The Singing Turk aloud.

What Reading Level is The Singing Turk?

The Singing Turk is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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