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Longa

A fast, lively instrumental work in 2/4 time, of Balkan and Rumelian origin, written in a hâne-and-teslim structure. It was often played at the end of a fasıl in the 20th century.

Example pieces from the archive (3 in total)

Kürdîlihicazkâr Longa · Kemani Kör Sebuh
Nikrîz Longa · Tanbûrî Cemil Bey
Şehnâz Longa · Santûrî Edhem Efendi

Longa works in the sheet music archive

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The definitions were written in our own words, drawing on sources such as the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Yılmaz Öztuna's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Music and Wikipedia; pitch and interval values follow the Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system. This content has not yet been reviewed by an expert; if you spot a mistake, please write to us.

TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi

Yılmaz Öztuna, Türk Musikisi: Akademik Klasik Türk San'at Musikisi'nin Ansiklopedik Sözlüğü, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 1990.

H. Sadettin Arel, Türk Mûsikîsi Nazariyatı Dersleri (haz. Onur Akdoğu), Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 1991.

Vikipedi, “Türk müziği” maddesi.

Example pieces from the archive (3 in total)

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