Ottoman Music
Ottoman music is a synthesis, carrying within it a great many historical riches. It emerged as the result of a sharing process between the Turks and the minorities living alongside them, the Byzantines, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, Jews, Armenians etc. It reached its golden age in the private school in the Ottoman palace. No country that employed that system was able to reach the level of artistry attained by the Ottomans.
Ottoman Classical MusicThe form of music today generally known as Turk Sanat Muzigi, or Ottoman Classical Music,
matured, developed in form and aesthetics and came to assume the
identity of a form of classical music in parallel to the establishment,
growth and increasing strength of the Ottoman state itself. This variety
of music furnished products dealing with many subjects, such as
religion, love and war. |
Fasil MusicOttoman music was formed and given voice in the Fasil, itself based on unity of mode. Works composed within the same melodic structure (makam) , or mode, set out and played in a particular order. In a genuine fasil, there will be works for voice and for saz.
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Ottoman Music FormsForm of instrumental pieces employed in Ottoman music: Pesrev, Saz Semaisi, Taksim. Pesrev: Generally composed
in major rhythmic patterns, such as "Darb-i Fetih", "Sakil", "Muhammes"
and "Devr-i Kebir", or sometimes in minor ones, such as "Duyek". |
