Hammamizade İsmail Dede – Three Songs Ottoman Turkish 1924 Musical Notes Sheet Empire

Description:

This Ottoman Turkish sheet music contains three songs by Hammamizade İsmail Dede, all identified as being in the Gülizar makam. The publication preserves three works from the classical Turkish music repertoire in traditional notation and forms part of the Dârülelhan Külliyatı, an important early Republican effort to document, classify and preserve Turkish classical music. As No. 101 of the series, it represents a later fascicle within the extensive Dârülelhan publication project.

The Dârülelhan Külliyatı was a printed series of musical scores that began publication in 1924. Dârülelhan, meaning “House of Melodies,” was established in 1917 as the first official music school of the Ottoman Empire and continued its institutional role during the transition to the Republic. The institution undertook the systematic teaching, documentation and preservation of Turkish music through scholarly methods. In 1927, it was renamed the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory and became an important institutional predecessor of later conservatory education in Istanbul.

Following the establishment of the Republic, a major publishing initiative began under the directorship of Mûsâ Süreyyâ Bey. The Nota Tasnif Heyeti (Committee for the Classification of Musical Notation) prepared works from the Turkish classical repertoire for publication in fascicles, resulting in the Dârülelhan Külliyatı. This publication is identified as No. 101 of the series and was printed in Istanbul by Matbaa-i Osmaniye. Such publications played an important role in transferring the classical repertoire into systematically organized printed notation.

For collectors of Ottoman and early Republican sheet music, Turkish classical music and historical music publications, this fascicle is a significant example of the institutional preservation of Turkish musical repertoire. Its three Gülizar makamı songs by Hammamizade İsmail Dede and its No. 101 designation within the Dârülelhan Külliyatı make it an interesting document of the history of Turkish music notation and publishing.

Key Features:

• Composer: Hammamizade İsmail Dede

• Works: Three Songs

• Makam: Gülizar

• Form: Şarkı

• Series: Dârülelhan Külliyatı

• Series No.: 101

• Publisher: Matbaa-i Osmaniye

• Publication Place: Istanbul

• Publication Year: 1924

• Language: Ottoman Turkish

• Genre: Turkish Classical Music

• Format: Printed Sheet Music Fascicle

• Subject: Hammamizade İsmail Dede, Gülizar Makamı and Dârülelhan Külliyatı

• Collector Appeal: An early Dârülelhan Külliyatı publication containing three Gülizar makamı songs by Hammamizade İsmail Dede and representing the institutional effort to preserve and publish the Turkish classical music repertoire.