Osman Zeki Üngör

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Osman Zeki Üngör was a prominent Turkish composer and conductor, best known for arranging and conducting the music that became Turkey’s national anthem.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
human
orchestra conductor
associatedWith Turkish War of Independence era
founding years of the Republic of Turkey
citizenship Turkish
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Turkey
culture Turkish culture
employer Ottoman Imperial Orchestra
Ottoman Imperial Orchestra
surface form: Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey
familyName Üngör
fieldOfWork composition
conducting
music
orchestration
genre classical music
military music
givenName Osman I
surface form: Osman
hasEthnicGroup Turks
hasNotableStudent members of early Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey
influenced development of Western-style symphonic music in Turkey
instrument violin
knownFor arranging the music of the Turkish National Anthem
conducting the first performance of the Turkish National Anthem
languageOfWorkOrName Turkish
movement Turkish national music movement
name Osman Zeki Üngör self-link
notableAchievement standardizing the official orchestral version of the Turkish National Anthem
notableEvent transition of Ottoman Imperial Orchestra into the Presidential Symphony Orchestra
notableRole shaping early Republican-era Turkish orchestral music
notableWork music of the Turkish National Anthem
orchestral arrangement of the Turkish National Anthem
occupation composer
conductor
violinist
partOf early Republican Turkish music history
positionHeld conductor of the Ottoman Imperial Orchestra
director of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey
first conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey
sexOrGender male
workLocation Ankara
Istanbul

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Osman Zeki Üngör name Osman Zeki Üngör self-link
İstiklâl Marşı setToMusicBy Osman Zeki Üngör