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8 unusual facts about Ottoman classical music


Hasan Ferit Alnar

He is well known with his efforts for harmonization of classical Turkish music elements and the classical music techniques.

Muazzez Abacı

Trained in Turkish classical music, she has achieved considerable popular success in the Arabesk genre.

Muazzez Ersoy

Muazzez Ersoy (born Hatice Yıldız Levent, August 9, 1958 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish classical music singer.

Münir Nurettin Selçuk

Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900 or 1901 – April 27, 1981) was a Turkish classical musician and tenor singer.

Neobyzantine Octoechos

The third and most important step was a reform of the notation as the medium of written transmission, in order to adapt it to the scales and the tone system which was the common reference for all musicians of the Ottoman Empire.

On the other hand, it shared an equal part with other music traditions in a rich and inspiring exchange among musicians of the Ottoman Empire.

Sevim Tanürek

Sevim Tanürek (1934(?) - 16 May 1998) was a Turkish classical music artist.

Turkish tambur

Like the ney, the armudi (lit. pear-shaped) kemençe and the kudüm, it constitutes one of the four instruments of the basic quartet of Turkish classical music aka Sanat Musiği (lit. Art Music).



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