Acem Kürdî Peşrevi Ottoman Turkish 1910s Musical Notes Sheet Empire Muallim İsmail Hakkı Bey

Kudmanizâde Udî Şamlı İskender – Acem Kürdî Peşrevi – Istanbul – 1910s – Ottoman Turkish

Description:

Acem Kürdî Peşrevi is a traditional Turkish classical music composition in the Acemkürdî makam and peşrev form, composed by Muallim İsmail Hakkı Bey. The piece is set in the Fahte usûlü, a 20-beat rhythmic cycle used in classical Turkish music. This Ottoman Turkish sheet music preserves the notation of a classical repertoire work at a time when printed musical scores played an important role in transmitting compositions between composers, musicians and students.

Published by Kudmanizâde Udî Şamlı İskender, the sheet belongs to the important music publishing tradition associated with the Şamlı İskender family. The family had origins in Damascus and became known in Istanbul by the nickname “Şamlı,” which was also incorporated into the name of the publishing business. During the late Ottoman and early Republican periods, when access to sound recordings, radio and other forms of musical reproduction was limited, printed sheet music provided musicians and music enthusiasts with an important means of learning and preserving musical works. The publications of Şamlı İskender therefore form an important part of the printed musical heritage of the period.

The notation of Acem Kürdî Peşrevi reflects the traditional system of Ottoman and Turkish classical music, preserving both the makam and usûl information necessary for performance. As a physical musical document, the sheet offers a direct connection to the teaching, transmission and performance practices of Turkish classical music during the late Ottoman and early Republican era.

For collectors of Ottoman sheet music, Turkish classical music, Muallim İsmail Hakkı Bey compositions, Şamlı İskender publications and historical music ephemera, this sheet represents an important example of early printed Turkish musical notation.

Key Features:

• Composer: Muallim İsmail Hakkı Bey

• Work: Acem Kürdî Peşrevi

• Makam: Acemkürdî

• Form: Peşrev

• Usûl: Fahte – 20-beat rhythmic cycle

• Publisher: Kudmanizâde Udî Şamlı İskender

• Publication Place: Istanbul

• Publication Period: 1910s

• Language: Ottoman Turkish

• Genre: Turkish Classical Music

• Format: Printed Sheet Music

• Subject: Acemkürdî Makamı, Peşrev Formu, Muallim İsmail Hakkı Bey and Şamlı İskender Music Publishing

• Collector Appeal: An important early 20th-century printed musical document preserving a work from the Turkish classical music repertoire and representing the historical publishing tradition of Şamlı İskender.