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Wojciech Bobowski

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Polish-Ottoman musician (1610-1675)

MusiciansLived 1610 to 1675 · aged 65
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Wojciech Bobowski or Ali Ufki was a Polish, later Ottoman musician and dragoman in the Ottoman Empire. He translated the Bible into Ottoman Turkish, composed an Ottoman Psalter, based on the Genevan metrical psalter, and wrote a grammar of the Ottoman Turkish language.

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Wojciech Bobowski or Ali Ufki was a Polish, later Ottoman musician and dragoman in the Ottoman Empire. He translated the Bible into Ottoman Turkish, composed an Ottoman Psalter, based on the Genevan metrical psalter, and wrote a grammar of the Ottoman Turkish language. His musicological works are considered among the most important in 17th-century Ottoman music.

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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1610 to 1675 · aged 65
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