Memories attributed to composers and the stories behind pieces, with their sources. Each story shows how reliable its source is; read each one on its own page and listen to the piece.
Sheet music archive
Classical Turkish music works in real staff notation with AEÜ accidentals. Read the score, hear it with kanun sound, adjust the tempo.
Century
Works
No matching works found.
The archive only holds classical and sacred works whose composer and lyricist died more than 70 years ago; folk songs (türkü) and recent composers are not included for copyright reasons.
The level is estimated automatically from the score: range, notes per second, tempo, short and dotted values, the length and asymmetry (aksak) of the usul, the variety of perdes and the length of the piece are scored together. It is a guide, not a substitute for a teacher's judgement.
The archive only includes works by composers whose copyright has expired.
The level is estimated automatically from the score (range, speed, rhythm, usul, variety of perdes, length).
%75%100%125
♪♩♪Loading score…
Beat sound
Learn this piece
Work through the piece step by step: listen, slow down, get to know its usul and makam, follow the score and play it on a virtual instrument.
About this workThe story of the piece
The story linked to this piece, as told in the sources. The reliability of the source is shown above it; the sources are listed at the end of the page.
Father: Calligrapher Yesârîzâde Mustafa İzzet Efendi
Teacher: Giuseppe Donizetti
Position: Head of the Muzıka-yı Hümâyun (from 1856 and 1876)
Known work: Hamîdiye March
Life
Necib Ahmed Paşa was born in Istanbul as the eldest son of the famous calligrapher Yesârîzâde Mustafa İzzet Efendi. In 1824 he was admitted to the Enderun palace school, and in 1831 he moved to the Muzıka-yı Hümâyun (Imperial Band), where he learned flute, violin and piano from Giuseppe Donizetti. In 1856 he succeeded Donizetti as head of the Muzıka-yı Hümâyun; he was dismissed during the reign of Abdülaziz and returned to the post in 1876. He composed the Hamîdiye March, played as the official march until 1908, as well as the Mecîdiye and Azîziye marches; he also wrote works of Turkish music and piano pieces. He had works of Turkish music written down in notation and formed a collection. Among his students was Tanbûrî Cemil Bey.
Contributions to music theory
Memories
Memories attributed to him and told in the sources. The reliability of the source is shown above each one; the sources are listed at the end of the page.
In the score archive
Our score archive has no piece related to Necib Paşa yet. If you have a public-domain score, you can send it to us.
The level is estimated automatically from the score: range, notes per second, tempo, short and dotted values, the length and asymmetry (aksak) of the usul, the variety of perdes and the length of the piece are scored together. It is a guide, not a substitute for a teacher's judgement.
Collections
Usuls without works in the archive
No works in these usuls are in the score archive yet; you can hear their düm-tek patterns in the usul metronome.