Turquoise
Guitar Editions (ASCAP)
Rumeli
Türküsü for two guitars by Mesut
Özgen
For Deepak Ram
TGE 013
ISBN: 978-1-934361-12-2
Score (16
pages) and parts
Rumeli
Türküsü
is a term referring to the light urban style Turkish folk music from Thrace
(türkü means Turkish folk song). Songs of this genre are
composed within the scales and melodic progression of the classical makam
system. Since the 17th century, some of the most distinguished composers of
Ottoman classical tradition have written light tunes in the form of türkü,
forming a bridge between the élite and popular taste. When incorporating
two original Rumeli Türküsü (Gidem Dedim Yârenlerim
Darildi and Bulut Gelir Seher ile) into this piece, I took Turkish
scholar/composer Yalçin Tura’s harmonization techniques as a
role model. This piece was written for my dear friend, wonderful musician
and Indian bansuri virtuoso, Deepak Ram.
Mesut
Özgen
December 2004
Santa Cruz, California
Duration: ca. 9:00 min
First Performance: January 30, 2005 by William Coulter and Mesut Özgen at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Recorded on: Anatolian Fantasy CD by Mesut Özgen
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