Osman Zeki Üngör
Osman Zeki Üngör (* 1880 in Istanbul ; † February 28, 1958 there ) was a Turkish composer , violinist and conductor . He was the first conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey (" Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası "). Üngör was also involved in founding the State Conservatory and was its first director. His most important work is the melody of the Turkish national anthem İstiklâl Marşı .
Life
Üngör was born in 1880 in the Istanbul district of Üsküdar, the son of a sugar trader. His grandfather was the well-known Ottoman musician at the Sultan's court, Santuri Hilmi Bey. After graduating from Beşiktaş Military Academy, he was accepted into the Music Academy of the Ottoman Sultan's Orchestra in 1891 at the age of eleven, where he quickly attracted the attention of his teachers, but also of Sultan Abdülhamit II . He soon received lessons from the chief violinists Vondra Bey and d'Aradna Pascha.
After his training, Üngör first became a violinist in the orchestra, then first violinist and finally, in 1917, conductor. He became the driving force behind the conversion of the orchestra from a military orchestra to a symphony orchestra. Üngör also gave lessons in music classes at the Istanbul boys' high school and gave weekly public concerts at the Union française. He also conducted in Vienna , Berlin , Dresden , Munich , Budapest and Sofia .
Üngör became known in 1922 with the composition of the melody of the Turkish national anthem, the text of which was written by Mehmet Akif Ersoy and the orchestral version by Edgar Manas . Soon he became chief conductor of Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası in Ankara.
Üngör was a key figure in founding the Musiki Muallim Mektebi, the forerunner of today's State Conservatory at Hacettepe University, and was its director from 1924 to 1934. During this time he was very committed to laws that guarantee gifted students funding from the state and secure a scholarship to study abroad.
After his retirement in 1934, Üngür lived in the Maçka Palas in Istanbul and died there in 1958 at the age of 78. The government granted his last wish to play İstiklâl Marşı at his grave. After Ersoy, he was only the second personality in the history of Turkey to have the national anthem played at their burial. Üngör was buried in the Karacaahmet cemetery in Üsküdar.
Web links
- Short biography of Osman Zeki Üngör , "Who is who" of Turkey (Turkish)
- Biography at biyografi.info (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Semih Çelik: Dilden Dile: İstiklâl Marşı . Armoni Nüans Matbaacılık, Istanbul p. 88f
- ↑ a b İstiklal Marşı'nın Bestecisi Osman Zeki Üngör'ün Hayatına Dair Bilgiler , onedio.com (Turkish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Üngör, Osman Zeki |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish composer, violinist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1958 |
| Place of death | Istanbul |