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Thread #17144   Message #2605283
Posted By: Jack Campin
05-Apr-09 - 07:22 PM
Thread Name: What is 'Vestapol'?
Subject: RE: What is 'Vestapol'?
There is a much-recorded Turkish song of the Crimean War, the Sebastopol March (Sivastopol Marsi), apparently written by Rifat Bey (1820-188). Sounds quite a bit like "Vestapol" to me. The Turkish tune could have been vectored by military bands, though I haven't looked for a Western arrangement of it.

A straightforward sung performance of the Sebastopol March: Ruhi Su

With added drums, shawms and jingoism: Turkish military band performance.