The Muezzin and the Nightingale
Apr 28th, 2010 by andrew skeoch
The Muezzin and the Nightingale by Listening Earth
Leaving our village pension at 5am for our morning recording location, we were treated to unusual duet.
The village we have been staying in is high in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey, and has numerous Nightingales roosting in the dense shrubs found in gardens. In the pre-dawn darkness, they could be heard singing across the hillside.
On this occasion, another voice joined in. The muezzin began singing the traditional call to prayer, the Adhan, from the village mosque.
This recording was captured spontaneously on our iPhone. You can hear the last stanza of the call to prayer, followed by a pause before the microphone is turned off, while the Nightingale continues singing.
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