Tuzcuoğlu Mehmet Ali tuzdʒuo:ɫu meːmet ɑli in Turkish (born, lived and died in 19th century, Görele

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

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) was a Turkish

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 kemençe

Kemence

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 player and horon music composer from Görele

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:...

 in Giresun province. He is considered to be "the best kemenche player ever" by most of the people in the Eastern Black Sea Region

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 in Turkey

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Early life

There are a few sources and records mentioning Tuzcuoğlu. He was born in the town of Görele

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:...

 to Turkish parents in 1800s and probably, he began playing kemençe

Kemence

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 at a very young age. He was a very talented player and was noted in Görele and neighbouring areas (Ağasar Valley, Tonya

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, Tirebolu

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 etc.).

Musical compositions and legacy

"Tuzcuoğlu Horon havası" (a composition of his) is still played in Görele

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:...

 by kemençe players. He was also a kemençe tutor. He tutored Kodalak Halil Ağa who was the tutor of Picoğlu Osman

Picoğlu Osman

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. His music has a strong influence on Eastern Black Sea Region kemençe players in Turkey

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. Even in Greece, his horon music is known as "horeftiko" by Rum

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s who migrated from Turkey during population exchange between Turkey and Greece in 1920s, .