Zekai Dede

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Zekai Dede

Zekai Dede (* 1825 in Istanbul ; † 1897 ) was a Turkish composer. He is considered the last greatness of the classical style (1640–1897) of Turkish classical music .

Life

Zekai was born in the Eyup district of Istanbul . He learned calligraphy from his father . His musical talent brought Hammamizade İsmail Dede (also known as Dede Efendi; composer of Yine bir gülnihal ) to his attention. He then learned from Hammamizade İsmail Dede.

In 1845 he entered the service of Mustafa Fazıl Pascha and thus spent the next 13 years in Cairo , which was then part of the Ottoman Empire . In Cairo he composed several hymns ( İlahi ) to Arabic text. With the appointment of Mustafa Fazıl Pasha as vizier of the Ottoman state, Zekai Efendi returned with him to Istanbul in 1858.

In 1864 he joined the Mevlevi Order (from which his title Dede goes back). In 1884 he became Kudümzenba şı (head of the Kudümplayer) with the Bahariye Mevlevihane . In addition, Zekai Dede gave diction courses.

Zekai Dede's students include Rauf Yekta Bey, Subhi Ezgi and his son Ahmed İrsoy.

Works

Zekai Dede composed numerous religious hymns ( İlahis ), music based on the complex Kar and Beste forms (see Turkish Classical Music ) as well as lighter Şarkı . He composed five ayins for the Mevlevi ceremony.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Owen Wright in Encyclopaedia of Islam , Zeka'i Dede
  2. ↑ Yine bir gülnihal

literature

  • Up Yekta Bey: Hoca Zekai Dede Efendi . Istanbul 1902.
  • Istanbul Conservatory : Türk musikisi klasiklerinden - Mevlevi ayinleri [1] , Istanbul 1934–1939
  • Istanbul Conservatory: Hafiz M. Zekaî Dede Efendi külliyatı . 3 volumes, Istanbul 1940–1943.
  • Yılmaz Öztuna: Türk musikisi ansiklopedisi . Istanbul 1976.
  • Cem Behar: Aşk olmazsa meşk olmaz . Istanbul 1998.
  • Anders Hammarlund, Tord Olsson, Elisabeth Özdalga: Sufism, music and society in Turkey and the Middle East . 2001, p. 101ff.
  • Ellen Hickmann et al .: Archeology of early sound generation and tone order . 2002, p. 637ff.
  • Selçuk Akşin Somel: Historical dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. Scarecrow Press, 2003, ISBN 0810843323 , p. 330 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

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personal data
SURNAME Zekai Dede
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ottoman-Turkish classical music composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH 1897