- Buhurizade Itri
Buhurizade Itri, or just simply Itri (1640? - 1711) was a composer and performer of
Turkish classical music fromIstanbul ,Ottoman Empire .Biography
Many things known about him today are subject to dispute. His real name was Mustafa, and he was sometimes referred to as Buhurizade Mustafa Efendi. Itri was a major exponent of Turkish classical music, much in the same way that his contemporary
J. S. Bach revolutionized Western music. He was a very prolific composer with more than a thousand works. However, only about forty of these survived to this day.It is believed that he was a
Mevlevi , and composed religious music for this order. He lived through the times of five Ottoman Emperors. He became well known during the time ofMehmet IV . He sang in fasils, which are concert programs with the samemakam , in the presence of Mehmet IV. Starting from this time, he enjoyed the support of the palace for many years. He taught music in the palaceEnderun school. He was also interested in gardening. It is believed that his name Itri comes from the word itir, which means rose-geranium, orpelargonium .As with most composers of his day, Itri was also a famous poet. He used poetic forms based on the classicial Ottoman school of poetry (Divan), as well as those based on syllabic meters identified with folk music and poetry. Unfortunately most of his poetry has not survived to this day. He was also known for being a calligrapher.
Major works
* Segâh Kurban Bayramı Tekbiri
* Segâh Salât-ı Ümmiye
* Dilkeşhâveran Gece Salâtı
* Mâye Cuma Salâtı
* Segâh Mevlevi Ayini
* Rast Darb-ı Türkî Naat ve Sofyan Tevşih
* Nühüft Durak; Nühüft İlahî
* Nühüft Tevşih; Nevâ Kâr
* 2 Pençgâh Beste
* Hisar Devr-i Kebir Beste ve Aksak Semai
* Mâhûr Ağır Aksak Semai
* Rehavî Berefşan Beste
* Buselik Hafif Beste veYürük Semai
* Segâh Ağır Semai
* Segâh Yürük Semai
* Bayatî Çember Beste
* Bestenigâr Darb-ı Fetih Beste
* Dügâh Hafif Beste
* Isfahan Zencir Beste ve Ağır Aksak Semai
* Nikriz Muhammes Beste
* Râhatu'l Ervah Zencir Beste
* Irak Aksak Semai
* Rast Aksak Semai
* Nühüft Aksak Semai
* Acemaşiran Yürük Semai
* Rehavî Peşrev
* Nühüft Peşrev ve Saz Semaisi
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