AmbroseBierce
01-02-2006, 23:41
In another thread Najib Coutya has brought up the name of Ismail Hakki Bey (1866-1927). I have leafed through my CDs of Turkish music and found three pieces written by this illustrious composer.
On the first one you can hear Ismail Hakki Bey himself singing (in 1926/27, i.e. shortly before his death in 1927) his own composition, the Gazel "Ey melek rahi hayatta" ("O angel, on the Path of Life") in Makam Neva, accompanied by keman, kanun and oud. This piece was (re-)published by Rounder Records on their "Masters of Turkish Music, Vol. 2" in 1996. The small foto of Ismail Hakki Bey is from this album's booklet.
In the second piece you hear Kudsi Erguner, ney and Gilles Andrieux (a french student of Talip Ozcan, Kudsi Erguner and Nezih Uzel), tanbur: Nihavend Nakish Agir Semai from their 1992 Al Sur CD "Musique Classique Otoomane" (ALCD 104).
As for the third piece, I'm not sure whether it already exists on this forum, since it is from the album "Darüs-Sifa. Music of the Otooman Empire", of which many songs have already been uploaded in some other thread. It is "Acemkürdi Saz Semai" featuring Hasan Esen on kemence.
On the first one you can hear Ismail Hakki Bey himself singing (in 1926/27, i.e. shortly before his death in 1927) his own composition, the Gazel "Ey melek rahi hayatta" ("O angel, on the Path of Life") in Makam Neva, accompanied by keman, kanun and oud. This piece was (re-)published by Rounder Records on their "Masters of Turkish Music, Vol. 2" in 1996. The small foto of Ismail Hakki Bey is from this album's booklet.
In the second piece you hear Kudsi Erguner, ney and Gilles Andrieux (a french student of Talip Ozcan, Kudsi Erguner and Nezih Uzel), tanbur: Nihavend Nakish Agir Semai from their 1992 Al Sur CD "Musique Classique Otoomane" (ALCD 104).
As for the third piece, I'm not sure whether it already exists on this forum, since it is from the album "Darüs-Sifa. Music of the Otooman Empire", of which many songs have already been uploaded in some other thread. It is "Acemkürdi Saz Semai" featuring Hasan Esen on kemence.