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Ottoman classical music
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Ottoman classical music · At the court of the sultans in Istanbul, an art music of its own grew out of Persian, Arab and Byzantine influences, and acquired its own character in the seventeenth century. It is built on makam, modes with fine intermediate pitches, and usul, long rhythmic cycles struck on drums. Around 1700 the Moldavian prince Dimitrie Cantemir wrote down hundreds of pieces in a notation of letters that he devised himself. The tanbur, a lute with a very long neck and many frets, became the instrument par excellence.
Listening
Listening tip. In this taksim by Tanburi Cemil Bey, recorded more than a hundred years ago, listen to how the tanbur explores the makam with long-ringing notes.
Gülizar Taksim (tanbur) · Tanburi Cemil Bey
Der makâm-ı 'Uzzâl usûleş Devr-i kebîr (Cantemir 118) · Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI, 2009
Acem Peşrev (Usûl Devr-i Kebîr) · Ensemble Bîrûn & Kudsi Ergüner, 2018
See also
- Kudsi Erguner
- Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI
- Ensemble Bîrûn & Kudsi Ergüner
- Arabic classical music (maqam)
- Persian classical music
- Byzantine chant
- Sufi music
- March music and brass bands
- Balkan brass
- Verbunkos and Roma orchestras
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