Music in Yıldız Palace: Era of Abdülhamid II

Department of Publications

Name of the Book: Music in Yıldız Palace: Era of Abdülhamid II
Author, Editor, Translator, etc.:
Nihat ERGİN
Type:
History-Music 
Printing:
1st Edition
Printing Year:
1999
Subject No.:
780.9561015
Number of Pages:
XI, 252 pages; picture
Size:
24 cm
Publication No.:
2267
Name of Series:
Series of Ottoman Works
Series No. :
12
ISBN:
975-17-2133-4
Number of Printed Copies:
3000
Price:
TL.1.300.000.-

Content

A book written for the purpose of examining manuscripts of musical compositions belonging Abdülhamid-II ,devoted to the Palace and found in the Library of Yıldız Palace; such subjects as  musical life of Abdülhamid and his family, “Mızıka-I Hümayun” in the period of Abdülhamid,  Musical Events in the Theatre of Yıldız Palace, Collection of Library of Yıldız Palace, our first State Opera, History of Polyphony in Turkish Music, with documents in Ottoman language, sections in musical life in the Palace and its environment in the era of Abdülhamid-II have been presented.