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Vira
Sevda for solo guitar by Mesut
Özgen
TGE 012
5 pages
I wrote
Vira Sevdabased on my father Bilge Özgen's song, which was composed in the style of classical Turkish music with lyrics written by Yalçin Benlican. "Vira" means continuous and "sevda" refers to passionate love. The music is in makam (mode) buselik, which is similar to natural minor. After the introduction in 4/4 meter, two types of usûl (rhythmic pattern) are used: evfer and düyek. Seven years after I wrote this piece, I rearranged it for flute, clarinet, and guitar in 2010. Then, it made sense to make revisions for the solo version with added measures 11-15 and 37-40.
Mesut Özgen
July 2010
Santa Cruz, California
Duration: ca. 5:00 min
Recorded on: Anatolian Fantasy CD by Mesut Özgen
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