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Hızır Ağa
Died: 1760 Hijri calendar: ? – 1173/74
Scores of works by Hızır Ağa (?–1760): 2 pieces in real notation with AEÜ accidentals, playable with kanun sound, plus recordings.
MakamSegâh (2)FormPeşrev (1), Saz semai (1)UsulSakil (1), Aksak Semai (1)
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Life
Born in Aleppo into a family from Damascus, he came to Istanbul at a young age and was taken into the palace; he lived through the reigns of Mahmud I and Osman III and became a musâhib (companion) of Mahmud I. He was a masterly performer on the violin and the tambur; he is famous for his mehterhane peşrevs. He is credited with arranging the Vech-i arazbâr makam and the müsebba' usul. He wrote the theory book Tefhîmü'l-makāmât, known as the “Hızır Ağa edvârı”; his son Küçük Ârif Mehmed Ağa was his student.[1, 2]
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