Picoğlu Osman
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Picoğlu Osman(Birth name: Osman Gökçe)(born 1901, Daylı Village, Borough of Görele
, Ottoman Empire
-d. 31 May 1946, Turkish Black Sea coast, Republic of Turkey) was a Turkish
kemençe
player from the Eastern Black Sea Region
in Turkey
. He was also a famous composer and he is thought to be one of the best kemençe players.
. His father's name was İsmail and his mother's name was Esma. His mother died in 1905 and his father died in 1912. In 1910, when he was at the age of 9, he began playing Kemençe. Another kemençe player Kodalak Halil Agha taught him how to play kemençe. Then he attended traditional festivals and weddings and performed famous Kemençe türkü
s.
Radio in Ankara
for four months. He recorded songs on 78 rpm vinyl
s. His records include:
During Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
's visit to Trabzon
, Picoğlu played kemençe in front of the president.
He influenced a lot of kemençe players who are now among the best. Mehmet Sırrı Öztürk is an important kemençe player who is influenced by Picoğlu.
when he died. His cause of death is not exactly known but it is thought to be tuberculosis
or cirrhosis
.
Görele
Görele is a town and a district of Giresun Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey. The population is 16,033 as of 2010.-Etymology:The name derives from the Italian for coral as the Genoese named the area La Coralla.-Geography:...
, Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
-d. 31 May 1946, Turkish Black Sea coast, Republic of Turkey) was a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
kemençe
Kemence
Kemence is a village in Pest county, Hungary....
player from the Eastern Black Sea Region
Black Sea Region
The Black Sea Region is one of Turkey's seven census-defined geographical regions . It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the south, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the southeast, the Republic of Georgia to the northeast, and the Black Sea to the north.-...
in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. He was also a famous composer and he is thought to be one of the best kemençe players.
Early life
He was born to a Chepni Turkish family in GöreleGörele
Görele is a town and a district of Giresun Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey. The population is 16,033 as of 2010.-Etymology:The name derives from the Italian for coral as the Genoese named the area La Coralla.-Geography:...
. His father's name was İsmail and his mother's name was Esma. His mother died in 1905 and his father died in 1912. In 1910, when he was at the age of 9, he began playing Kemençe. Another kemençe player Kodalak Halil Agha taught him how to play kemençe. Then he attended traditional festivals and weddings and performed famous Kemençe türkü
Türkü
Türkü, literally "of the Turk", is a name given to Turkish folk songs as opposed to şarkı. In contemporary usage, the meanings of the words türkü and şarkı have shifted: Türkü refers to folk songs originated from music traditions within Turkey whereas şarkı refers to all other songs, including...
s.
Osman as a virtuoso
Osman was thought to be a very talented player because of his style of play. He worked at TRTTurkish Radio and Television Corporation
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, also known as TRT , is the national public broadcaster of Turkey and was founded in 1964. Around 70% of TRT's funding comes from a tax levied on electricity bills and a sales tax on television and radio receivers...
Radio in Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
for four months. He recorded songs on 78 rpm vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
s. His records include:
- "Gireson Eşref bey şarkısı"
- "Trabzon Kahya Şarkısı"
- "Gireson karşılaması (KarşılamaKarsilamaKarsilamas , is a Turkish folk dance spread all over Northwest Asia Minor and carried to Greece by Asia Minor refugees...
)" - "Trabzon Şarkısı (Fadime)"
- "Geminin İçineyum"
- "Romiko" (Gireson Milli Şarkısı)
- "Tamzara Havası"
- "Trabzon Sıksara Horon Havası"
- "Giresun Üstünde Vapur Bağırıyor"
- "Anlamıyorsun Beni" or (TRTTurkish Radio and Television CorporationThe Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, also known as TRT , is the national public broadcaster of Turkey and was founded in 1964. Around 70% of TRT's funding comes from a tax levied on electricity bills and a sales tax on television and radio receivers...
: "Anam vay olsun beni")
During Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....
's visit to Trabzon
Trabzon
Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...
, Picoğlu played kemençe in front of the president.
He influenced a lot of kemençe players who are now among the best. Mehmet Sırrı Öztürk is an important kemençe player who is influenced by Picoğlu.
Death
He was on board of a ship which sailed to IstanbulIstanbul
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...
when he died. His cause of death is not exactly known but it is thought to be tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
or cirrhosis
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease characterized by replacement of liver tissue by fibrosis, scar tissue and regenerative nodules , leading to loss of liver function...
.