Jono Oud N.Z
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Ottoman Women Composers
I have been looking into female composers from the Ottoman period.
Two I have found so far are Reftar Kalfa (-1700?), and Dilyahat Kalfa (-d-1740)
http://eksd.org.tr/bestecilerimiz/reftar_kalfa.php
http://eksd.org.tr/bestecilerimiz/dilhayat_kalfa.php
The pieces by Reftar Kalfa resemble pieces from the latter works in the Demetrie Cantemir collection, particularity regarding the usul.
This piece is particularly interesting in maqam 'Sabaperisan':
http://eksd.org.tr/bestecilerimiz/reftar_kalfa/sabaperisan_pesrev.p...
Does anyone know anything about this maqam?
I noticed the note tik hisar (eb + 1 comma), (ab in Arabic tuning).
This would have been played as hisar (eb) not tik hisar (eb + 1 comma) in the period that Reftar was composing in (17th - 18th century).
The note saba was played as db (gb Arabic tuning), and kurdi (Bb, Eb Arabic, rather than the + 1 comma note), at this period.
Also the piece concludes in maqam Kurdi, like Turkish Saba Zamazama.
The note segah (Bd, A. Ed) is not notated in the score.
In this kind of notation, the note buselik (B, Ar. E) was written with an accidental (sharp) rather than segah.
I am keen to learn about more Ottoman female composers with surviving notation from history too.
This was informative:
http://www.turkishmusicportal.org/list_composers.php?cat=10&lan...
Some albums:
http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=MU959924FE636
http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=MU959923QW899
http://www.amazon.com/Essemble-De-Femmes-DIstanbul-Ensemble/dp/B000...
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I'm not sure but I think that Dilhayat Kalfa was also the inventor of maqam Evcara (Awjara)
She composed a pesrev and a semai in this maqam .
Another female composer was Kevser Hanum, I dont know which century is, her longa is very popular though :
http://www.neyzen.com/nota_arsivi/02_klasik_eserler/066_nihavend/nihavend_longa_kevser_hanim_ney.pdf
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Jono Oud N.Z
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I'm not sure but I think that Dilhayat Kalfa was also the inventor of maqam Evcara (Awjara)
She composed a pesrev and a semai in this maqam .
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True, thank you, very interesting.
I will try and find out more about this.
I know the Longa, good piece.
This is very similar to the Tanburi Jamil Bey one too.
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Then Jamil Bey longa is very different, but the Kevser Hanim one is often mistakenly attributed to Jamil Bey.
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Jono Oud N.Z
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True, you are right.
Then the Longa in my book is really by Kevser Hanim, slightly different but obviously the same piece.
I am not so familiar with the Jamil Bey one, just found it:
http://www.issaboulos.com/archive/scores/lungha-jamil.pdf
Thanks for pointing this out.
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Bumping this since I was scrolling through some topics.
I wrote an article on Dilhayat Kalfa a few weeks back. Some of it addresses life in general in the Imperial Harem [since there are many people reading
it who would be totally unfamiliar with Ottoman culture], but there are lots of facts about her too which I had to gather form various Turkish sources
and have translated. The most interesting source was a document regarding her possessions and her estate which was very revealing. I had this
translated from Turkish too.
I also though that Evcara was invented by her, but was not certain.
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Lysander, I'd love to read your article on Dilhayat Kalfa, any chance you could post or email?
It's also my understanding that she invented Evcara. Her Saz Semaisi is drop dead gorgeous.
According to my website:
http://www.adamgood.com/turkish_nota/rep.php?composer=159&sort=...
There's
Eskisipihr
Evcara
Mahur Beste which I believe I have a recording of.
Also in my mp3 collection I have a Rast Beste.
There must be so much more, I'd imagine a full Takim in Evcara no? Considering she may have invented it.
Adam
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Lysander, I'd also love to read the article on Dilhayat Kalfa, if you're up for sharing it...
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