Ali Rifat Çagatay
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Ali Rıfat Çağatay was a Turkish composer, oud
virtuoso and academic, who served as the founding president of the Türk Musikisi Ocağı (The Institute for Turkish Music) and the long-term president of the Şark Musiki Cemiyeti (The Society for Eastern Music).
He was noted for his efforts to harmonize Classical Turkish Music
with elements of western musical heritage, his vocal abilities, as well as his talents on the oud
, the violoncello, the tanbur
, and the kemenche.
Notable works include the original musical arrangement for the Turkish National Anthem
, used between 1924-1930 until the acceptance of the new composition by Osman Zeki Üngör
, as well as other national favorites.
in 1867, Çağatay was the eldest of four sons, born to a family of musicians, poets, writers, soldiers and medium-rank government employees.
He had three sons from his second wife, the eldest of which, Ali Cafer Çağatay, was a notable soccer player for Fenerbahçe.
Çağatay died on March 3, 1935 in İstanbul
.
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
virtuoso and academic, who served as the founding president of the Türk Musikisi Ocağı (The Institute for Turkish Music) and the long-term president of the Şark Musiki Cemiyeti (The Society for Eastern Music).
He was noted for his efforts to harmonize Classical Turkish Music
Ottoman classical music
Ottoman classical music developed in Istanbul and major Ottoman towns from Skopje to Cairo, from Tabriz to Morocco through the palace, mosques, and sufi lodges of the Ottoman Empire. Above all a vocal music, Ottoman music traditionally accompanies a solo singer with a small instrumental ensemble...
with elements of western musical heritage, his vocal abilities, as well as his talents on the oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
, the violoncello, the tanbur
Tanbur
The term tanbūr can refer to various long-necked, fretted lutes originating in the Middle East or Central Asia. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology presents a complicated situation. Nowadays the term tanbur is applied to a variety of distinct and related...
, and the kemenche.
Notable works include the original musical arrangement for the Turkish National Anthem
Istiklâl Marsi
The İstiklâl Marşı is the National Anthem of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, officially adopted on 12 March 1921 - two and a half years before the 29 October 1923 establishment of the Republic of Turkey, both as a motivational musical saga for the troops fighting in the Turkish War...
, used between 1924-1930 until the acceptance of the new composition by Osman Zeki Üngör
Zeki Ungor
Osman Zeki Üngör was a Turkish composer, violin virtuoso and lyricist, who served as the first conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Turkey....
, as well as other national favorites.
Biography
Born in İstanbulIstanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
in 1867, Çağatay was the eldest of four sons, born to a family of musicians, poets, writers, soldiers and medium-rank government employees.
He had three sons from his second wife, the eldest of which, Ali Cafer Çağatay, was a notable soccer player for Fenerbahçe.
Çağatay died on March 3, 1935 in İstanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
.