Reform Notation and Ottoman music in Early 19th Century Istanbul

<p><em>Reform Notation and Ottoman Music in Early 19th Century Istanbul: EUTERPE </em>presents the first complete set of transcription and edition of <i>Euterpe</i> (1830) from Byzantine neumatic notation into the modified staff notation used by classical Turkish music and is accompanied by a substantial examination of the related historical theoretical and musical topics. </p><p>Through a series of Ottoman/Turkish classical vocal music compositions that can be dated to the 18th and 19th centuries <i>Euterpe</i> and related sources reinforce a much broader picture of musical practice and transmission in which we clearly see that the Greek and Turkish traditions are linked. <i>Reform Notation and Ottoman Music in Early 19th Century Istanbul </i>is presented in two parts: historical discussion and musical analysis and complete transcription and edition of <i>Euterpe</i>.</p><p>This book will appeal to music scholars and university students interested in minorities cosmopolitanism in the Middle East and Balkans the relationship between music and national identity musical notation classical Ottoman/Turkish music Byzantine music and most significantly ethnomusicology.</p>