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Position: Sheikh of the Yenikapı Mevlevîhâne (1887-1908)
Instrument: Tanbur
Known work: Dügâh Mevlevî âyin (1904)
Life
He was born in 1849 at the Yenikapı Mevlevîhâne; his father was the lodge's sheikh Osman Selâhaddin Dede. In 1884-1885 he presided over the Meclis-i Meşâyih (Council of Sheikhs), and in 1887 he succeeded his father as sheikh of Yenikapı. He was a master tanbur player; his work with Rauf Yektâ Bey and Ataullah Dede on the intervals of Turkish music laid the groundwork for later theoretical studies. His only known composition is the Mevlevî âyin in dügâh, completed in 1904 and first performed in 1905. In his Arabic and Persian poems he used the pen name Şeyhî.[1, 2]
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