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A biography of the Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun and a discussion of his violin works

Title: A biography of the Turkish composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun and a discussion of his violin works / Selim Giray.
Author: Giray, Selim.
Publication: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2003], ©2003.

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x, 102 pages, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), map, music; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 94

Uniform Title

Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 94.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [93]-98) and index.

Contents

I. Saygun's Biography -- II. Saygun's Harmonic And Melodic Vocabulary: Modes -- A. The Turkish Modes: A General Survey -- B. Saygun and Turkish Modes in an Ethnomusicological Context -- C. Saygun and Turkish Modes in a Compositional Context -- III. A Discussion of the Folk Elements Found in Saygun's Violin Works -- A. Horon -- B. Kemence -- C. Agir Zeybek -- D. A Kastamonian Dance: Sepetcioglu -- E. The Unmetered Turkish Folk Singing Style: Uzun Hava -- F. Illustrations -- IV. A Discussion of Saygun's Suite for Violin and Piano -- A. Prelude [Prelud] -- B. Horon -- C. Zeybek [Agir Zeybek] -- D. Kastamonian Dance [Sepetcioglu] -- V. An Annotated List of Saygun's Works and a Discography -- A. Translations -- B. An Annotated List of Compositions -- C. The Works Without an Opus Number -- D. Books -- E. Articles -- F. A Discography -- App. A Guide to Turkish Pronunciation.

ISBN

077346879X

LCCN

2002037989

OCLC

ocm50913603
SCSB-4346415

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Columbia University Libraries