ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the period between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries for its analysis of entertainment traditions based on types and spaces. In the Ottoman Empire, entertainment was organized in such a way that events would include a number of performances intended for a number of occasions and performed in a variety of spaces. Leyla Saz hanim, one of the most important composers, performers, and writers of this generation, was among the first group to take piano lessons in the Palace. In her memoir she says the following about her musical life in the harem: The western and fanfar orchestra would take two lessons per week and the Ottoman music troop would take one. When viewed on the basis of the main genres and changing repertoires, it becomes apparent that the organization of entertainment in the Ottoman Empire was carried out focused on the popular genre of the moment.
