Nazife Güran was a Turkish

Turkey

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 composer born in Vienna

Vienna

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 of a diplomat father. She studied music as a child with her mother and completed primary education in Ankara

Ankara

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 and high school in Istanbul

Istanbul

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. She continued her music education at the Berlin

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 Hochschule Music Academy, studying with Rudolph Schmidt for piano and Paul Hoffer

Paul Höffer

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 for composition. After returning to Ankara, she studied with Ernst Praetorius.

In 1952 she married Dr. Ismail Yilmaz Güran, had a son the next year, and then continued her studies at the Cologne

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Music Academy. Returning to Turkey in 1969, she taught music at Cemberlitas Girls' High School and continued work as a composer.

Works

Nazife composed over a thousand works. Selected compositions include:

• Merdiven
• Şehit Çocuğuna Ninni
• Gece Deniz
• Yarını Bekleyen Köy
• Hayalimdeki Bahçe
• Titreşim
• Nurdan Bir Hale (Light from a Halo)
• İbadet Sevinci
• Mehlika Sultan
• Dantel
• Göldeki Akisler
• Boğaziçinde Gezi
• Feraceli Hanım Nr.3

Her music has been recorded and issued on media, including:

• Nazife Güran - Nurdan Bir Hale (September 22, 2006) Kalan Ses, ASIN: B002ISM2XA