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Tesbih

A form of mosque music in which words glorifying God are recited. After the prayer it is sung by muezzins, mostly without usul and improvised; there are also composed examples in an usul, and tesbih ilahis sung from the minaret on Ramadan nights.

Example pieces from the archive (1 in total)

Allahümme Yâ Celîl · Ali Ufkî Bey

Tesbih 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 (1 in total)

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