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Tavşanca

A popular vocal genre of the Ottoman period, performed like the köçekçe by kaba saz (outdoor) ensembles to accompany dancing; its lyrics are mostly in syllabic metre. The archive has tavşancas by Selim III, Mahmud II and Tanbûrî Mustafa Çavuş.

Example pieces from the archive (5 in total)

Dök Zülfünü Meydana Gel · Tanbûrî Mustafa Çavuş
Aldı Aklım · 2. Mahmut
Gelmiş Değil Böyle Peri · Şâkir Ağa
Nazar Etti Bazı Yârân · Tanbûrî Mustafa Çavuş
Ne Ararsan Sende Mevcut · III. Selim

Tavşanca works in the sheet music archive

Sources

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 (5 in total)

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