Turkish Classical Musicians - Turkish Classical Composers, Turkish Classical Singers, Turkish Conductors (Music), Ahmed Adnan Saygun (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Turkish classical composers, Turkish classical singers, Turkish conductors (music), Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Selim III, Faz l Say, Tanburi Buyuk Osman Bey, Kemani Tatyos Ekserciyan, Bulent Ersoy, Necil Kaz m Akses, Hampartsoum Limondjian, irin Pancaro lu, Zeki Muren, P nar Koksal, Evrim Demirel, Tamburi Cemil Bey, Zeki Ungor, stemihan Tavilo lu, Fatma Ceren Necipo lu, Rengim Gokmen, Samim Bilgen, Mehmet Demirta, Hac Arif Bey, Buhurizade Itri, Leyla Saz, lhan Usmanba, Gurer Aykal, Muazzez Ersoy, Sila Eser, Muzeyyen Senar, Sadettin Heper, Bulent Arel, Ahmet Ozhan, Munir Nurettin Selcuk, Sadettin Kaynak, Elnara Kerimova, Tanburi Ali Efendi, Ali R fat Ca atay, Hammamizade smail Dede Efendi, erif Muhiddin Targan, Muammer Sun, Haf z Post, Emel Say n, Muazzez Abac, Mesut Cemil, Cemal Re it Rey. Excerpt: Ahmed Adnan Saygun (7 September 1907 - 6 January 1991) was a Turkish composer, musicologist and writer on music. Ahmed Adnan Saygun is acknowledged as one of the most important 20th century composers in Turkish music history. He was a master of the neoclassical form, and his works are rooted in Western musical practice; yet they incorporate traditional Turkish folk songs and culture. He usually adds this folk element by picking one note out of the scale and weaves a melody around it using a Turkish mode. His extensive output includes five symphonies, five operas, two piano concertos, concertos for violin, viola and cello, and a wide range of chamber and choral works. The London Times called him "the grand old man of Turkish music, who was to his country what Jean Sibelius is to Finland, what Manuel de Falla is to Spain, and what Bela Bartok is to Hungary." As Saygun was growing up in Turkey he witnessed radical changes in his country's politics and culture as the reforms of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had re...