Tatyos efendi biography sample

  • An Armenian from Istanbul, Tatyos Efendi was born in 1858 in the Ortaköy district of Istanbul as the son of Manug Aga, an amateur musician at the Ortaköy.
  • Kemani Tatyos Efendi was born in 1858 in Ortaköy, Istanbul.
  • Kemani Tatyos combined in his compositions a mastery of Ottoman classical forms, theorized and refined over centuries, with a Beethoven-like lyricism.

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    The Violin In Traditional Turkish Music A General Outlook

    by CIHAT AKIN
     
    Contents
    String Tradition In Turkish Music
    The Violin And Its Usage
    Violin Education
    Tuning
    Notable Violinists In Turkish Music

    String Tradition In Turkish Music



    There has been a string playing tradition in Turkish Music, long before the violin was brought in to the Ottoman Empire. The most used string instruments were; the Iklig, Gicek, Ki-yak, Kopuz and Kemence. In the late centuries only the Kemence became the main instrument. Like the kemence; Iklig, Gicek, Kiyak and bowed Kopuz was also played on the knee.
     
    The kemençe consists of two words in Persian. Keman and Ce: Keman means violin and ce is small, then we can con-sider the Kemence as a small violin and it held the place of the violin in classical Turkish Music. The Kemençe has three strings and tuned in fourths and fifths. However there is an-other type of Kemenc

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    Before La Belle Époque was ushered in during the late 19th century, Istanbul was one of the most alluring “metropolitan” cities of the world. Situated at the western end of the Silk Road and buzzing with energy thanks to its diversified complexion, harboring a variety of cultures ranging from the Eurasian to the Mediterranean, being a port city bringing together two continents further added to Istanbul’s charm. Such dynamic splendor was bolstered, among other things, bygd a drinking culture that was built upon notions of camaradarie and jouissance. Drinking at the taverns lining up the streets of Galata, sailors, wanderers, dock of letters, vagrants, singers, and all other sorts of Istanbulites recreated this city’s colorful harmony day after day… And, as brilliantly shown by the doyen Reșad Ekrem Koçu, the only way to unearth the real Istanbul is by attending to their stories…

    From Constantinople to Istanbul

    In Byzantion and later on in Constantinople, there were various est

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    Kemani Tatyos Ekserciyan

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