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Sehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin
Born: 1874 · Died: 1927
Scores of works by Sehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin (1874–1927): 1 pieces in real notation with AEÜ accidentals, playable with kanun sound, plus recordings.
MakamBeyatî (1)FormPeşrev (1)UsulHafif (1)
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Life
Prince (Şehzade) Seyfeddin Efendi was born in 1874 at the Beşiktaş Palace, the youngest son of Sultan Abdülaziz. He received naval training and rose to the rank of vice admiral (bahriye ferik); after the dynasty was exiled in 1924 he lived in Nice, where he died in 1927. His music teachers included Tanburi Cemil Bey and Santuri Edhem Efendi; he played the kanun, tambur, kemençe and piano. The Bayâtî peşrev long attributed to Cemil Bey is his.[1, 2]
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Abdülaziz fatherGevheri Kadınefendi motherEmine Sultan siblingEsma Sultan siblingMehmed Şevket Efendi siblingFatma Gevheri Sultan childŞehzade Mehmed Abdulaziz child
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