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Gül Hazin Sünbül Perîşan

Composer: Rahmi Bey (1865–1924) · Lyricist: Recâizade Mahmut Ekrem

Gül Hazin Sünbül Perîşan is a composition by Rahmi Bey: makam Beyatî, form Şarkı, usul Ağır aksak.

Makam BeyatîForm ŞarkıUsul Ağır aksakCentury 19th centuryDuration 3:39 (♩ = 78)Level Advanced

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    Tale

    After a friend’s death

    This is Rahmi Bey’s earliest known piece. It is said to have been composed, on a poem by Recâizâde Mahmud Ekrem, on the death of his close friend Şevki Bey on 20 July 1890; Şevki Bey had died of a heart attack at Rahmi Bey’s house in Beylerbeyi. The first line of the poem[1, 2]:

    Gül hazin sünbül perîşan bû-i zârın Şevki yok

    hazin: mournful · sünbül: hyacinth · perîşan: scattered · bû-i zâr: a lamenting scent

    Lyrics

    Gül hazin sünbül perîşan bağ-ı zârın şevki yok Derdnâk olmuş hezâr-ı nağmekârın şevki yok Başka bir hâletle çağlar cûy-i bârın şevki yok Âh eder inler nesîm-i bîkararın şevki yok

    Recordings

    • Koray SafkanGül Hazin Sümbül Perişan · TRT İstanbul Radyosu - 13.12.1991 · 1991 · 3:56Violin: Ayhan ÇakırOud: Selahattin ErköseClarinet: Nuri GünViolin: Aslan Hepgürpercussion: Güngör HoşsesClassical kemençe: Fikret KarakayaViolin: Aydın OranNey: Ahmet ŞahinKanun: Bertan ÜsküdarlıVocals: Koray Safkan
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    • Ankara Devlet Klasik Türk Müziği KorosuGül Hazin Sünbül Perişan Bağ-ı Zarın Şevk-i Yok · Bestekarlarımız: 2 - Rahmi Bey · 3:58Vocals: Figen AkışıkVocals: Banu AkseliVocals: Ankara Devlet Klasik Türk Müziği KorosuVocals: Ülkü AşkanVocals: Hülya AydoğduVocals: Nevin AymeriçVocals: Ayhan BalVocals: Yavuz S. BaştuğVocals: M. Şerafettin BereketlioğluVocals: Cana ÇapVocals: Tamer ConkerVocals: Esin Dinçer
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    Notation and playback data: Miras-ı Saz (AEÜ accidentals, comma precision) · adapted from (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, non-commercial use): SymbTr · Work data: MusicBrainz · License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: share with attribution, for non-commercial use and under the same license.

    Sources

    1. Nuri Özcan, “Rahmi Bey”, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, c. 34, İstanbul 2007, s. 422–423
    2. Nuri Özcan, “Şevkî Bey”, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, c. 39, İstanbul 2010, s. 30–31