Rast Müzikoloji Dergisi

Yazarlar: H. Toker, M. Aydemir

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DOI:10.12975/rastmd.2013.01.01.0005

Anahtar Kelimeler:Ottoman Music,Turkish Classical Music,Turkish Composers,Palace

Özet: The sultans of Ottoman Empire have always pay attention to the presence ofmusic in the palaces in which they rule the empire. That’s why some groups whoperform music were found and in time they became institutionalized structures. Inthese established structures, the leading music figures of the era had an importantimpact on the music life and this impact was visible through the whole OttomanEmpire territory. Our study examines two instrumental compositions that belong toSalih Dede and İsmet Ağa who are members of the Sazendegan-ı Hassa. Sazendegan is one of the music groups in Ottoman palace. This group's mission is to performTurkish Classical Music for the sultan and the palace habitants. These twocompositions were composed in the makâm of Hicaz-aşiran, and their manuscriptscores are kept in the Ottoman Archive's Mabeyn-i Hümayun Evrakları¨ section. These two compositions were also presented to Sultan Abdülhamid the 2nd. As aresult of our research, three different copies were found that belong to one of thesecompositions. The original manuscript was compared with other scores anddifferences were detected. The second manuscript whose further publication has notbeen found, has been re-written and included in the study

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