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Peşrev

An instrumental work usually made of four hânes with a teslim repeated after each, composed in large usuls. Both the classical fasıl and the Mevlevî âyin open with a peşrev.

Example pieces from the archive (85 in total)

Mini Mini Bir Nihavent Peşrevi · Hüseyin Sadettin Arel
Hicaz-Hümâyûn Peşrev · Veli Dede
Hicaz Peşrev · Neyzen Salim Bey
Nev'eser Peşrev · Neyzen Yusuf Paşa
Şedarabân Peşrev · Tanbûrî Cemil Bey

Peşrev 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 (85 in total)

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