Ottoman classical music

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Ottoman classical music is a refined, modal art music tradition that developed in the courts and urban centers of the Ottoman Empire, characterized by complex makam (modes), usul (rhythmic cycles), and a rich repertoire of vocal and instrumental forms.

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Surface form Occurrences
Ottoman fasıl ensemble 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman music
art music tradition
court music
modal music
urban music tradition
associatedWith Istanbul NERFINISHED
Mevlevi Sufi order NERFINISHED
Ottoman sultans NERFINISHED
codifiedIn makam theory treatises
countryOfOrigin Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
developedIn Ottoman court NERFINISHED
Ottoman urban centers
hasCharacteristic complex rhythmic cycles
improvisation
microtonal intervals
modal structure
non-equal temperament
ornamentation
refined aesthetic
hasComponent instrumental music
vocal music
influenced Arab classical music
Balkan art music traditions
Turkish classical music
influencedBy Arabic classical music
Byzantine chant
Central Asian musical traditions
Persian classical music
languageOfVocalRepertoire Arabic
Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED
Persian NERFINISHED
performedAt Ottoman palaces NERFINISHED
Sufi lodges (tekkes)
performedBy Mevlevi dervishes NERFINISHED
court musicians
timePeriod late 13th century to early 20th century
usesConcept makam
usul
usesForm beste
ilahi
kar
mevlevi ayini
peşrev
saz semai
taksim
şarkı
usesInstrument bendir
def
kanun
kemençe
kudüm
ney
oud
rebab
tanbur
violin

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rebab usedIn Ottoman classical music
kanun usedInEnsemble Ottoman classical music
this entity surface form: Ottoman fasıl ensemble
kanun usedInGenre Ottoman classical music